geneva

¹

[juh-nee-vuh]

noun

1. Hollands.

Geneva

²

[juh-nee-vuh]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in southwestern Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.

2. a canton in southwestern Switzerland. 109 sq. mi. (282 sq. km).

3. Also called Lake Leman. Lake of Geneva. a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France. 45 miles (72 km) long; 225 sq. mi. (583 sq. km).

4. a city in central New York.

5. a female given name.

Geneva

/ dʒɪˈniːvə /

noun

1. a city in SW Switzerland, in the Rhône valley on Lake Geneva: centre of Calvinism; headquarters of the International Red Cross (1864), the International Labour Office (1925), the League of Nations (1929–46), the World Health Organization, and the European office of the United Nations; banking centre. Pop: 177 500 (2002 est)

2. French name: Genève. German name: Genf. a canton in SW Switzerland. Capital: Geneva. Pop: 419 300 (2002 est). Area: 282 sq km (109 sq miles)

3. German name: Genfersee. French name: Lac Léman. a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)

Geneva

1. City in southwestern Switzerland, lying on the western end of Lake Geneva, where the Rhone River leaves the lake.

The International Labor Organization, the International Red Cross, and the World Council of Churches are also based in Geneva.

Because of Switzerland's strict neutrality, Geneva provides an impartial meeting ground for representatives of other nations.

The Geneva Conventions, signed first in 1864 and then in 1906, 1929, 1949, and 1977, provide rules for the humane treatment of prisoners and wounded persons during a war.

The Geneva Accords were a group of four agreements made in 1954, ending seven and a half years of war in Indochina.

Under the leadership of John Calvin in the sixteenth century, Geneva was the center of Protestantism.

The city housed the headquarters of the League of Nations in the Palace of Nations, which is now the European headquarters of the United Nations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Geneva¹

First recorded in 1700–10; from Dutch genever, from Old French genevre “juniper berries,” from assumed Vulgar Latin jeniperus, from Latin jūniperus “juniper tree, juniper wood, juniper berry”

Example Sentences

Intentionally carrying out attacks on civilians which are "excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated" is prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

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Locations from Geneva and Vienna to Budapest or Istanbul have all been mooted as possible venues.

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For 12 years between his time at Westminster and Holyrood, he worked worldwide in wars and disasters as a director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva.

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Israel's rejects the ICJ's view and claims that the Geneva Conventions forbidding settlement in occupied territories do not apply - a view disputed by many of its own allies as well as international lawyers.

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The summit in Alaska, the territory which Russia sold to the US in 1867, would be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents, since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021.

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