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Genoa¹

  • /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/ UK
  • /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/ US
  • /d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

proper noun

  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
  3. historical A former province of Liguria.
  4. A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
  5. An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
  6. A small statutory town in Lincoln County, Colorado.
  7. A city in DeKalb County, Illinois.
  8. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  9. A small city in Nance County, Nebraska.
  10. An unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada.
  11. A town in Cayuga County, New York.
  12. A village in Ottawa County, Ohio.
  13. The former name of Perry Heights, an unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.
  14. A neighbourhood of the city of Houston, Texas.
  15. A town and village therein, in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Former name of village: Bad Axe.
  16. Four townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio, listed under Genoa Township.
  17. historical a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.

noun Genoas

  1. countable, uncountable Genoa cake.

genoa²

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/ US
  • /ˈdʒɛnəʊə/ UK

noun genoas

  1. A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast. The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.

    Similar: genoa jib

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: genova, turin, milan, monaco, geneva, león, murcia, getafe, toulouse, bordeaux, valenciennes, lorient, jib, gene, leon, marseille

Translations

Every language

name Italian city

EspañolGénova
한국어제노바 Jenoba
日本語ジェノヴァ Jenova, ジェノア Jenoa
中文熱那亞 /热那亚 Rènàyà
हिन्दीजेनोआ jenoā
KiswahiliGenova
FrançaisGênes
DeutschGenua
ItalianoGenova
ΕλληνικάΓένοβα Génova
RomânăGenova
РусскийГе́нуя Génuja
العربيةجِنُوَى jinowā, جِنْوَة jinwa
עבריתגנואה

name placename

中文熱那亞 /热那亚 Rènàyà
ItalianoGenoa

name metropolitan city

EspañolGénova
日本語ジェノヴァ jenova
中文熱那亞 /热那亚 Rènàyà
FrançaisGênes
DeutschGenua
ItalianoGenova
ΕλληνικάΓένοβα Génova
РусскийГе́нуя Génuja

noun a staysail

Françaisgénois
DeutschGenua

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Chicago

"genoa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/genoa.

BibTeX
@misc{genoa_2026,
  title = {genoa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/genoa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}