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Genève

American  
[zhuh-nev] / ʒəˈnɛv /

noun

  1. French name of Geneva.


Genève British  
/ ʒənɛv /

noun

  1. the French name for Geneva

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Mr. Gall was an opera manager who was once the head of the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Paris Opera.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024

At the time, the Comédie de Genève cited differences in “work philosophy” and “values” between its team and Lupa, 80, a longtime luminary of European theater.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on Christmas Day 1981, Yoncheva attended William Christie’s “Jardin des Voix” in 2007 and moved to Switzerland to enroll at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

This co-production of Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia tries to fuse two wildly different worlds together.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Journal de Genève, August 18, and also May 26, 1919.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph