geneva
IPA: dʒʌnˈivʌ
Root Word: Geneva
noun
- The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
- A canton of Switzerland.
- The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
- A number of places in the United States, including:
- A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
- A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- A city and town in Ontario County, New York, an area of water in the city is in Seneca County.
- A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
- A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
- (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.
- Gin, especially jenever.
- Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever) [Gin, especially jenever.]
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Examples of "geneva" in Sentences
- If you had the H1N1 flu do you still need the vacine? geneva
- 7. In the 18th century, "geneva" was an alternative name for which drink in London and Holland?
- Correct me if I am wrong, but (from memory) civilians ARE under the geneva convention, and are spies, sabateurs, etc.
- The French obtain from these berries the _Genièvre_ (_Anglice_ "geneva"), from which we have taken our English word "gin."
- The geneva convention on the aquistion of land through war and people moving to that land only applies to states or “high contracting parties.”
- Beer taps literally flowed all day, warm-wine smelled of a certain unnecessary sweetness, and something called a 'geneva' came in either pumpkin or pomegranate flavors.
- The loss of habeas corpus, rampant domestic spying on millions of Americans and formulating a rationale aorund the geneva conventions for torture and frank says maybe alberto is a bit inept.
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