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geneva

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Noun

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Ge=ne=va

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun geneva has 2 senses

geneva(n = noun.location) geneve, genf - a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations;

is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center

is a part of schweiz, suisse, svizzera, swiss confederation, switzerland

geneva(n = noun.food) holland gin, hollands - gin made in the Netherlands;

is a kind of gin

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CIDE DICTIONARY

geneva, prop. n.

The chief city of Switzerland. [1913 Webster]

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 In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation.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.

geneva, n. [F. genièvre juniper, juniper berry, gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree: cf. D. jenever, fr. F. genièvre. See Juniper, and cf. Gin a liquor.].

A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

geneva, n. Hollands gin.

Etymology

Du. genever f. OF genevre f. L juniperus, with assim. to the place name Geneva