Genoa meaning

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A large jib used on a racing yacht.
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A city of northwest Italy on the Gulf of Genoa, an arm of the Ligurian Sea. An ancient settlement, Genoa flourished under the Romans and also enjoyed great prosperity during the Crusades. Today, it is Italy's chief port and a major commercial and industrial center.
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A large jib used as on a racing yacht.
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Seaport in NW Italy, at the head of the Gulf of Genoa.
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N part of the Ligurian Sea, off NW Italy.
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(nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
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A city and the capital of the province of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria.
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A placename.
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Origin of genoa

  • After Genoa
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from the Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo- (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, in this sense "angle," from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
    From Wiktionary

Genoa Sentence Examples

  • After joining the "Giovine Italia" he entered the Sardinian navy, and, with a number of companions on board the frigate "Euridice," plotted to seize the vessel and occupy the arsenal of Genoa at the moment when Mazzini's Savoy expedition should enter Piedmont.

  • At the last moment he hesitated, but Crispi succeeded in persuading him to sail from Genoa on the 5th of May 1860 with two vessels carrying a volunteer corps of 1070 strong.

  • coast of the Gulf of Genoa, in the province of Genoa, 57 m.

  • The olive oil produced is mainly mixed with that from Genoa or Provence, and placed on the market under the name of the latter.

  • In the continual struggles between Pisa and Genoa some of these princes took the side of the latter.

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