Genevese

American  

[jen-uh-veez, -vees] / ˌdʒɛn əˈviz, -ˈvis /

noun

plural

Genevese

1. a native or inhabitant of Geneva, Switzerland.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Geneva, Switzerland.

Example Sentences

It was then bought by a Genevese collector, who purchased it for his wife.

From New York Times

Third, it might behove the authorities in Geneva and elsewhere around the lake to assess which areas would be inundated if there were another tsunami, and how they might react if there was one—for if a tsunami did happen, the Genevese would have just over an hour to evacuate their city before its centre was obliterated.

From Economist

Indeed the dress, physiognomy, and manners of old Geneva might make an American Genevese fancy himself at home on the Leman.

From Project Gutenberg

Near by, in a house presented by the Genevese after his release from the long imprisonment suffered on their account, dwelt Bonnivard, Byron's immortal "Prisoner of Chillon," and here he suffered from his procession of wives and finally died.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1860, when the annexation of Savoy and Nice had led the Genevese to fear French aggression, de la Rive was sent by his fellow-citizens on a special embassy to England, and succeeded in securing a declaration from the English government, which was communicated privately to that of France, that any attack upon Geneva would be regarded as a casus belli.

From Project Gutenberg