GENEVA Definition & Meaning

geneva

[ juh-nee-vuh ]

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noun

Hollands.

Geneva

[ juh-nee-vuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in southwestern Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
a canton in southwestern Switzerland. 109 sq. mi. (282 sq. km).
Lake of Geneva. Also called Lake Leman [leyk, , lee, -m, uh, n]. a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France. 45 miles (72 km) long; 225 sq. mi. (583 sq. km).
a city in central New York.
a female given name.

Geneva

/ ��ɪˈ�Ծ�ː��ə /

noun

a city in SW Switzerland, in the Rhône valley on Lake Geneva: centre of Calvinism; headquarters of the International Red Cross (1864), the International Labour Office (1925), the League of Nations (1929–46), the World Health Organization, and the European office of the United Nations; banking centre. Pop: 177 500 (2002 est)
a canton in SW Switzerland. Capital: Geneva. Pop: 419 300 (2002 est). Area: 282 sq km (109 sq miles) French nameGenève German nameGenf
Lake Geneva
a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles) French nameLac Léman German nameGenfersee

Geneva

City in southwestern Switzerland , lying on the western end of Lake Geneva, where the Rhone River leaves the lake.

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The International Labor Organization, the International Red Cross , and the World Council of Churches are also based in Geneva.

Because of Switzerland's strict neutrality, Geneva provides an impartial meeting ground for representatives of other nations.

The Geneva Conventions , signed first in 1864 and then in 1906, 1929, 1949, and 1977, provide rules for the humane treatment of prisoners and wounded persons during a war.

The Geneva Accords were a group of four agreements made in 1954, ending seven and a half years of war in Indochina .

Under the leadership of John Calvin in the sixteenth century, Geneva was the center of Protestantism.

The city housed the headquarters of the League of Nations in the Palace of Nations, which is now the European headquarters of the United Nations .

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of geneva¹

First recorded in 1700–10; from Dutch genever, from Old French genevre “juniper berries,” from assumed Vulgar Latin jeniperus, from Latin ��ū�Ծ��ܲ� “juniper tree, juniper wood, juniper berry”

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There are two distinct types of gin, namely, the Dutch geneva or hollands and the British gin.

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They also procured bladders with wooden nozels for the purpose of containing rum, brandy, geneva, and other liquors, and furnished boats to convey the plunder from the ships during the night.

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Gin is for geneva, a corruption of Fr. genièvre, Lat. juniperus, with the berries of which it is flavoured.

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Steeped in alcohol the berries make a capital ratafia; they are used in several confections, as well as for flavouring gin, being put into a spirit more common than the true geneva of Holland.

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