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Geneve

Geneve

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A city in western Switzerland by Lake Geneva where many international organizations, like the United Nations, have offices
  • proper noun
translation icon : Ginebra
  • Once the print has been positively identified... the balance of the money will be placed in escrow... at Geneve Credit Suisse... and may be viewed at any time subject to 24-hour prior notification.
  • de Geneve
  • Credit National de Geneve
  • National de Geneve

He, he goes to this, you know, Collage de Geneve learns to, to read and speak French there.

Examples

  • The gold ingot is stamped "Credit National de Geneve."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • He, he goes to this, you know, Collage de Geneve learns to, to read and speak French there.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • He signed many of his most important words simply Citoyen de Geneve, a citizen of Geneva after the city where he was born.

  • "Mount St. Helens" by Catherine Liu, Ecole Internationale de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland "Disaster on Atlantis

    Academic text (1990)

  • We see that the tailgate has jammed onto the old metal pipes, and the pipe's paint has chipped to reveal that the pipe is gold, and we see, on the base of the pipe, where the paint has chipped, faintly, the letters "Credit International de Geneve."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Blane picks up several, and the camera hinges him to a worktable, on which we see many gold ingots. Blane strips the felt covering off the new ingots to reveal them stamped "Credit National de Geneve."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Many tourists visit Geneva to see the famous Jet d'Eau fountain on Lake Geneva.

  • The United Nations has its European headquarters in Geneva, making it a hub for diplomacy.

  • The gold ingot is stamped 'Credit National de Geneva.'

Synonyms

Geneva
vsGeneve
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A city in the west of Switzerland on Lake Geneva that hosts many international organizations

is the same city but written in an alternate spelling used in another language

Surface Forms

Geneve main

Etymology

Geneve comes from the old name Genava, used long ago for the town by the lake, and it probably comes from a word meaning 'bend' or 'river mouth'. A helpful way to remember Geneve is to imagine the bend where the river leaves the lake — that shape of the water gave the city its name.