Genoese
of, relating to, or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
the dialect of Ligurian spoken in Genoa.
Origin of Genoese
1- Also Gen·o·vese [jen-uh-veez, -vees]. /ˌdʒɛn əˈviz, -ˈvis/.
Words Nearby Genoese
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How to use Genoese in a sentence
Between sixteen thousand and eighteen thousand French and Genoese were killed, either cut down on deck or drowned.
Nissa, which became Nizza under the rule of the Genoese and of the Savoyards, had nothing of the provincial about it.
J. M.G. Le Clézio on His Birthplace | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio | April 6, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTKing Ferdinand and Queen Isabella learned of the Genoese explorer's success not from his own pen, but from the mouth of Santangel.
The frightful desert of the Taverna was not forgotten, nor the old Genoese castle, the office of the steamship agency.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetCavour's double play and the cruel repression of the Genoese plot left him bitterer than ever against the monarchy and its men.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
The island rebelled against the Genoese; and they, finding themselves unable to subdue it, agreed to sell it to France.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntAnd immediately after his day the Genoese began to make way against the Saracens on the seas.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonBut the Genoese under Embriaco as before returned home, again not without spoil.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward Hutton
British Dictionary definitions for Genoese
Genovese (ˌdʒɛnəˈviːz)
/ (ˌdʒɛnəʊˈiːz) /
a native or inhabitant of Genoa
of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants
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