Genoese

[ jen-oh-eez, -ees ]

/ ˌdʒɛn oʊˈiz, -ˈis /

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adjective

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

noun, plural Gen·o·ese.

a native or inhabitant of Genoa.

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Also Gen·o·vese

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

Origin of Genoese

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

Words nearby Genoese

genoa, Genoa cake, Genoa salami, genocidaire, genocide, Genoese, genogram, génoise, genome, genomic DNA, genomics

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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.
The Day the Sea Ran Red: The Battle of Sluys|Dan Jones|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|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.
Columbus' Forgotten Patron|Mitchell Kaplan|October 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The frightful desert of the Taverna was not forgotten, nor the old Genoese castle, the office of the steamship agency.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet

Cavour'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 Hunt
And immediately after his day the Genoese began to make way against the Saracens on the seas.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
But 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

Genoese

Genovese (ˌdʒɛnəˈviːz)

/ (ˌdʒɛnəʊˈiːz) /

noun plural -ese or -vese

a native or inhabitant of Genoa

adjective

of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants

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