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Meaning of GENEVA

Pronunciation:  ju'neevu, ju'neevu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  made in the Netherlands
  2. [n]  a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; the Palace of Nations originally housed the League of Nations and is now the European headquarters for the United Nations
 
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 Synonyms: Geneve, Genf, Holland gin, Hollands
 
 See Also: city, gin, metropolis, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland, urban center

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ge*ne"va\, n.
    The chief city of Switzerland.
    {Geneva Bible}, a translation of the Bible into English, made
       and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560;
       London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in
       Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first
       which recognized the division into verses, and the first
       which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small
       quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's
       translation. Called also {Genevan Bible}.
    {Geneva convention} (Mil.), an agreement made by
       representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva
       and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane
       regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded
       and the status of those who minister to them in war.
       Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and
       this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and
       the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention
       in 1865.
    {Geneva cross} (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground;
       -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.
    
  2. \Ge*ne"va\, n. [F. geni[`e]vre juniper, juniper berry,
    gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree:
    cf. D. jenever, fr. F. geni[`e]vre. See {Juniper}, and cf.
    {Gin} a liquor.]
    A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries;
    -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.
    
 
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