proper noun · femininefirst declension
Genua
Genua f sg (genitive Genuae)
Classical[ˈɡɛ.nu.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈd͡ʒɛː.nu.a]
Meaning
- Medieval LatinNew LatinfemininehistoricalsingularRepublic of Genoa (a maritime republic of Liguria, northwestern Italy)
- New LatinfemininesingularGenoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy)
- New LatinfemininesingularGenoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Genua | — |
| genitive | Genuae | — |
| dative | Genuae | — |
| accusative | Genuam | — |
| ablative | Genuā | — |
| vocative | Genua | — |
| locative | Genuae | — |
Gĕnŭa, ae, f.,
I. a celebrated seaport town of Liguria, a famous market for timber, now Genoa, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48; Liv. 28, 46; 30, 1 al.; its inhabitants are called † Gĕnŭātes and † Gĕnŭenses, Inscr. Orell. 3121 (of the year A. U. C. 637, B. C. 117); v. also Genava.
Origins
Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu, in this sense "angle," from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
Elsewhere
- ItalianGenova
- PortugueseGénovafrom Italian Genova
- SpanishGénovafrom Italian Genova
- FrenchGênesfrom Old French Jannes
- Frenchjeansfrom Old French Jannes
- Englishjeansfrom Old French Jannes
- Old Galician-PortugueseGenoa
- Ancient GreekΓένουα
Padanian
- LigurianZenafrom Old Ligurian Ziéna
- PiedmonteseGénoa
- PiedmonteseZénoa
- PiedmonteseZena