genoa
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.18 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
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Meaning
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A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.
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A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
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Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
- British English: /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/