Genua.
Republic of Genoa (a maritime republic of Liguria, northwestern Italy)
Meaning & usage
Republic of Genoa (a maritime republic of Liguria, northwestern Italy)
Genoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy)
Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
Where this word comes from
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.
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