Geneva

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• /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/
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Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh2 (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

An alteration of Dutch genever under the influence of the geonym Geneva.

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Genève — city
• Albanian: Gjeneva — city
• Albanian: Gjenevë — city
• Amharic: ዠኔቭ (žänev) — city
• Arabic: جِنِيف (jinīf) — city
• Arabic: جِنيف (jinēf, jinēv) — city
• Aragonese: Chinevra — city
• Armenian: Ժնեւ (Žnew) — city
• Asturian: Xinebra — city
• Avar: Женева (Ženewa) — city
• Azerbaijani: Cenevrə — city
• Belarusian: Жэне́ва (Ženjéva) — city
• Belarusian: Жэнэ́ва (Ženéva) — city
• Bengali: জেনেভা (jenebha) — city
• Bulgarian: Жене́ва (Ženéva) — city
• Burmese: ဂျနီဗာမြို့ (gya.nibamrui.) — city
• Catalan: Ginebra — city
• Catalan: Geneva — city
• Cebuano: Genève — city
• Chinese Cantonese: 日內瓦 /日内瓦 (jat6 noi6 ngaa5) — city
• Chinese Mandarin: 日內瓦 /日内瓦 (Rìnèiwǎ) — city
• Chuvash: Женева (Ženeva) — city
• Corsican: Ginevra — city
• Corsican: Ghjinevra — city
• Czech: Ženeva — city
• Danish: Geneve — city
• Doteli: जेनेभा (jenebhā) — city
• Dutch: Genève — city
• Esperanto: Ĝenevo — city
• Estonian: Genf — city
• Extremaduran: Ginebra — city
• Finnish: Geneve — city
• French: Genève — city
• North Frisian: Genf — city
• West-Frisian: Sjenêve — city
• Galician: Xenebra — city
• Georgian: ჟენევა (ženeva) — city
• German: Genf — city
• German: Genf — city
• Bavarian German: Genf — city
• Greek: Γενεύη (Genévi) — city
• Hebrew: גֶ׳נֶבָה (jenéva) — city
• Hindi: जेनेवा (jenevā) — city
• Hindi: जनीवा (janīvā) — city
• Hungarian: Genf — city
• Icelandic: Genf — city
• Ido: Genève — city
• Indonesian: Jenewa — city
• Irish: An Ghinéiv — city
• Italian: Ginevra — city
• Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu) — city
• Japanese: ジュネーヴ (Junēvu) — city
• Javanese: Jenéwa — city
• Kabiye: Zeenɛɛvɩ — city
• Kannada: ಜಿನಿವಾ (jinivā) — city
• Karakalpak: Jeneva — city
• Kashubian: Genf — city
• Kazakh: Женева (Jeneva) — city
• Khmer: ហ្សឺណែវ (zəɨnaew) — city
• Korean: 제네바 (Jeneba) — city
• Northern Kurdish: Cenevre — city
• Kyrgyz: Женева (Jeneva) — city
• Latin: Genāva — city
• Latvian: Ženēva — city
• Lingala: Shnɛ́f — city
• Lithuanian: Ženeva — city
• Lombard: Ginevra — city
• Low German: Genf — city
• Luxembourgish: Genf — city
• Macedonian: Жене́ва (Ženéva) — city
• Malay: Geneva — city
• Malayalam: ജനീവ (janīva) — city
• Maltese: Ġinevra — city
• Marathi: जिनीव्हा (jinīvhā) — city
• Eastern Mari: Женеве (Žeńeve) — city
• Mongolian: Женев (Ženev) — city
• Nauruan: Genève — city
• Neapolitan: Ginevra — city
• Norwegian: Genève — city
• Occitan: Genèva — city
• Ossetian: Женевӕ (Ženevæ) — city
• Pannonian Rusyn: Женева (Ženeva) — city
• Pashto: ژنېو — city
• Pashto: جنېوا — city
• Persian: ژنو (ženev) — city
• Picard: Genève — city
• Piedmontese: Gëneva — city
• Polish: Genewa — city
• Portuguese: Genebra — city
• Punjabi: ਜਨੇਵਾ (janevā) — city
• Punjabi: جنیوا — city
• Quechua: Genève — city
• Romanian: Geneva — city
• Romansh: Genevra — city
• Russian: Жене́ва (Ženéva) — city
• Sanskrit: जिनीवा (jinīvā) — city
• Sardinian: Ginevra — city
• Serbo-Croatian: Жене́ва — city
• Serbo-Croatian: Ženéva — city
• Sicilian: Ginevra — city
• Silesian: Genève — city
• Slovak: Ženeva — city
• Slovene: Ženeva — city
• Somali: Jineefa — city
• Spanish: Ginebra — city
• Swedish: Genève — city
• Tagalog: Hinebra — city
• Tajik: Женева (Ženeva) — city
• Tamil: ஜெனீவா (jeṉīvā) — city
• Tatar: Җәнәү (Cänäw) — city
• Thai: เจนีวา (jee-nii-waa) — city
• Tibetan: ཀྲེ་ནེ་ཝ། (kre ne wa) — city
• Turkish: Cenevre — city
• Turkmen: Ženewa — city
• Ukrainian: Жене́ва (Ženéva) — city
• Urdu: جنیوا (jinevā, janīvā) — city
• Uyghur: جەنۋە (jenwe) — city
• Uzbek: Jeneva — city
• Venetan: Zenevra — city
• Veps: Ženev — city
• Vietnamese: Genève — city
• Vietnamese: Giơ-ne-vơ — city
• Volapük: Genève — city
• Walloon: Djineve — city
• Walloon: Djneve — city
• Welsh: Genefa — city
• West Flemish: Genève — city
• Yiddish: זשענעווע (zheneve) — city
• Yiddish: גענף (genf) — city
• Catalan: Ginebra — canton
• Catalan: Geneva — canton
• Chinese Mandarin: 日內瓦 /日内瓦 (Rìnèiwǎ) — canton
• Danish: Genève — canton
• Dutch: Genève — canton
• Esperanto: Ĝenevo — canton
• Estonian: Genfi — canton
• Finnish: Geneve — canton
• West-Frisian: Sjenêve — canton
• German: Genf — canton
• Greek: Γενεύη (Genévi) — canton
• Irish: Cantún na Ginéive — canton
• Italian: Ginevra — canton
• Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu) — canton
• Japanese: ジュネーヴ (Junēvu) — canton
• Latin: Genāva — canton
• Macedonian: Женева (Ženeva) — canton
• Pannonian Rusyn: Женева (Ženeva) — canton
• Polish: Genewa — canton
• Portuguese: Genebra — canton
• Romansh: Genevra — canton
• Russian: Жене́ва (Ženéva) — canton
• Russian: канто́н Жене́ва (kantón Ženéva) — canton
• Slovak: Ženeva — canton
• Spanish: Ginebra — canton
• Turkish: Cenevre — canton
• Ukrainian: Жене́ва (Ženéva) — canton