Genoese

[ jen-oh-eez, -ees ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.

noun

, plural Gen·o·ese.

1. a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
2. 1. Ligurian ( def 2 ).
   2. the dialect of Ligurian spoken in Genoa.

Genoese

/ ˌdʒɛnəˈviːz; ˌdʒɛnəʊˈiːz /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Genoa

adjective

1. of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants

Word History and Origins

Origin of Genoese¹

First recorded in 1545–55; Geno(a) ( def ) + -ese ( def )

Example Sentences

Between sixteen thousand and eighteen thousand French and Genoese were killed, either cut down on deck or drowned.

From The Daily Beast

Nissa, which became Nizza under the rule of the Genoese and of the Savoyards, had nothing of the provincial about it.

From The Daily Beast

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella learned of the Genoese explorer's success not from his own pen, but from the mouth of Santangel.

From The Daily Beast

The frightful desert of the Taverna was not forgotten, nor the old Genoese castle, the office of the steamship agency.

From Project Gutenberg

Cavour's double play and the cruel repression of the Genoese plot left him bitterer than ever against the monarchy and its men.

From Project Gutenberg

The island rebelled against the Genoese; and they, finding themselves unable to subdue it, agreed to sell it to France.

From Project Gutenberg

And immediately after his day the Genoese began to make way against the Saracens on the seas.

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But the Genoese under Embriaco as before returned home, again not without spoil.

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