Meanings
- A native or inhabitant of the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy.
America. One of the four parts of the world, ſo called from Americus Veſpuſius a Florentine, who with Columbus a Genoeſe, firſt diſcover'd this Country about the yeer 1492 which is moſt aptly called the New world; ….
1656, T. B. of the Inner-Temple, Glossographia: or a Dictionary, Interpreting all such Hard Words, …, London, s.v. America (https://books.google.com/books?id=QctmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP45)2 more examples
However, John not liking a Partner in the Empire, left Conſtantinople, and retir'd to Tenedos, where he engag'd Francis Cataluze a Genoeſe to aſſiſt him, and with the Fleet under his Command, return'd to the Imperal City, compell'd Contacuzenus to quit the Empire; …
1708, The General History of the World, being an Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a Continuation from the Best Historians to the Present Times. Vol. III, London, p. 249 (https://books.google.com/books?id=UXE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA249)For at preſent the Greateſt, among the Genoeſe, are in part ſubjects to the monarchy of Spain …. The Spaniards tax them very high upon occaſion, and are ſo ſenſible of the advantage this gives them over the republick, that they will not ſuffer a Neapolitan to buy the lands of a Genoeſe, who muſt find a purchaſer among his own countrymen, if he has a mind to ſell.
1741, The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; – Volume the Second. – The Third Edition: With a Compleat Index, London, p. 6 (https://books.google.com/books?id=c5ZNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA6)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, from or relating to the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- LatinGenua
- ItalianGenova
- EnglishGenoa
- EnglishGenoese
Translations
Catalan genovès, genovès
- genovèsan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genovèsof, from or relating to Genoa
Czech Janovan, janovský
- Janovanan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- janovskýof, from or relating to Genoa
Danish genovesisk
- genovesiskan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
Dutch Genuese
- Genuesean inhabitant or resident of Genoa
Finnish genovalainen, genovalainen
- genovalainenan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genovalainenof, from or relating to Genoa
French Génois, génois
- Génoisan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- génoisof, from or relating to Genoa
German Genuese, Genuesin
- Genuesean inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- Genuesinan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genuesischof, from or relating to Genoa
Italian genovese, genovese
- genovesean inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genoveseof, from or relating to Genoa
Polish genueński
- genueńskiof, from or relating to Genoa
Portuguese genovês, genovês
- genovêsan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genovêsinhabitants of Genoa
- genovêsLigurian dialect spoken in Genoa
- genovêsof, from or relating to Genoa
Romanian genovez, genovez
- genovezan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genovezof, from or relating to Genoa
Russian генуэзский
- генуэзский (genuezskij)an inhabitant or resident of Genoa
Spanish genovés, genovés
- genovésan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genovésinhabitants of Genoa
- genovésLigurian dialect spoken in Genoa
- genovésof, from or relating to Genoa
Swedish genuesare, genues
- genuesarean inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genuesan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- genuesareinhabitants of Genoa
- genuesiskaLigurian dialect spoken in Genoa
- genuesiskof, from or relating to Genoa
Tagalog Henobes, Henobes
- Henobesan inhabitant or resident of Genoa
- Henobesinhabitants of Genoa
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
Genoese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Genoese
“Genoese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Genoese. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Genoese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Genoese.
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