Genoa

Meaning

Proper Noun

• province Liguria (region) Italy (country).
• capital city Liguria (region) Italy (country), and also of the province of Genoa.
• town Shire of Eastern Gippsland (local government area) Victoria (state) Australia (country).
• (unincorporated) community Miller County (county) Arkansas (state) USA (country).
• small statutory town Lincoln County (county) Colorado (state) USA (country).
• city DeKalb County (county) Illinois (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Olmsted County (county) Minnesota (state) USA (country).
• small city Nance County (county) Nebraska (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) town Douglas County (county) Nevada (state) USA (country).
• town Cayuga County (county) New York (state) USA (country).
• village Ottawa County (county) Ohio (state) USA (country).
• The former name of Perry Heights, an (unincorporated) community in Stark (county) County, Ohio (state), USA (country).
• village/and/town Vernon County (county) Wisconsin (state) USA (country).
• a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the , a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the in 1815.

Origin

• From Latin Genua (influenced by 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.