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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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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

He said in the Tribune de Genève interview that he hoped to give his fans a better memory.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2021

The movement, an automatic Dubois-Dépraz 9000, is decorated with circular graining on the bridges and a snailed côtes de Genève motif on the rotor.

From New York Times Apr. 25, 2013

Pierre Ruetschi, a journalist for the Swiss daily Tribune de Genève, asked him in December 1997: "Seven years later, are you satisfied with the way the web has evolved?"

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