Genevan

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A person who was born in or lives in Geneva, Switzerland

: ginebrino

As a proud Genevan, she shared stories about her city's rich history with visitors.

Examples

The Genevan families celebrated the local festival with great enthusiasm each year.
By 1714, they had strayed far from traditional Genevan formulas and apparently attached little significance to them.

Academic text (2006)
"An old man I know says the Genevans are as shallow as their hearths, as dull as their house facades, and as hermetic as the pots in which they cook."

Fiction book (1992)
As he wrote to a Genevan scientist and astronomer who planned to visit the United States, perhaps hoping to forewarn him of the calumny to which he was subjected as president, "The abuses of the freedom of the press here have been carried to a length never before known or borne by any civilized nation."

Academic text (2016)
Many Genevans enjoy outdoor activities around the beautiful Lake Geneva during the summer.

Swiss

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A person from Switzerland

is about someone from the city rather than the whole country

Genevan singular

Genevans plural

Genevan = Geneva (transparent) = Geneva + an

Formed from the place name 'Geneva' with the productive demonym suffix '-an', so the meaning 'a native or resident of Geneva' is directly derivable.

Genevan comes from the city name Geneva, meaning 'from Geneva'. So a Genevan is a person who lives in or was born in that Swiss city.