Genoese

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gen·o·a

(jĕn′ō-ə)

Nautical A jib whose leech extends aft of the mast. Also called genoa jib.

[After Genoa.]

Gen·o·a

(jĕn′ō-ə)

A city of northwest Italy on the Gulf of Genoa, an arm of the Ligurian Sea. An ancient settlement, Genoa flourished under the Romans and also enjoyed great prosperity during the Crusades. Today, it is Italy's chief port and a major commercial and industrial center.

Gen′o·ese′ (-ēz′, -ēs′), Gen′o·vese′ (-vēz′, -vēs′) adj. & n.

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Genoese

(ˌdʒɛnəʊˈiːz) or

Genovese

n, pl -ese or -vese

(Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Genoa

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants

2. (Peoples) of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants

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Gen•o•ese

(ˌdʒɛn oʊˈiz, -ˈis)

n., pl. -ese,
adj. n.

1. a native or resident of Genoa.

2. the form of Upper Italian spoken in Genoa.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to Genoa, its residents, or their speech.

[1545–55]

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Noun	1.	Genoese - a native or resident of Genoa Genoa, Genova - a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
Adj.	1.	Genoese - of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants; "the Genoese sailor we call Columbus" Genovese

Translations

GenueseGenuesergenuesisch

Genoese

[ˌdʒenəʊˈiːz]

A. ADJ → genovés

B. N → genovés/esa m/f

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Genoese

adj → genuesisch

n → Genuese m, → Genuesin f

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Genoese

[ˈdʒɛnəʊˈiːz] adj & n pl inv → genovese (m/f)

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We promised to do so, and when he had embraced us and given us his blessing, one set out for Salamanca, the other for Seville, and I for Alicante, where I had heard there was a Genoese vessel taking in a cargo of wool for Genoa.

John, a man of generous disposition, as was shown by his extreme liberality to his brother, the famous John Andrea Doria; and what made his death the more sad was that he was slain by some Arabs to whom, seeing that the fort was now lost, he entrusted himself, and who offered to conduct him in the disguise of a Moor to Tabarca, a small fort or station on the coast held by the Genoese employed in the coral fishery.

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These houses, solid marble palaces though they be, are in many cases of a dull pinkish color, outside, and from pavement to eaves are pictured with Genoese battle scenes, with monstrous Jupiters and Cupids, and with familiar illustrations from Grecian mythology.

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I have sailed since I was as high as this staff, and I have fought against these Normans and against the Genoese, as well as the Scotch, the Bretons, the Spanish, and the Moors.

It is my intention, if it seems good to you, to try a venture against these Norman and Genoese rovers."

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Hindoos, Russians, Chinese, Spaniards, Portuguese, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Genoese, Neapolitans, Venetians, Greeks, Turks, descendants from all the builders of Babel, come to trade at Marseilles, sought the shade alike--taking refuge in any hiding-place from a sea too intensely blue to be looked at, and a sky of purple, set with one great flaming jewel of fire.

The word being, according to its Genoese emphasis, a confirmation, a contradiction, an assertion, a denial, a taunt, a compliment, a joke, and fifty other things, became in the present instance, with a significance beyond all power of written expression, our familiar English 'I believe you!'

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One thought in particular tormented him: namely, that during his journey hither he had sat so still, whereas he might, a dozen times, have plunged into the sea, and, thanks to his powers of swimming, for which he was famous, have gained the shore, concealed himself until the arrival of a Genoese or Spanish vessel, escaped to Spain or Italy, where Mercedes and his father could have joined him.

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They lend on pawn; and sell most that they lay hold of, coats, gold lace, cheese, men, women, and children; they are a conglomeration of Arabs, Jews, Genoese, Genevese, Greeks, Lombards, and Parisians, suckled by a wolf and born of a Turkish woman."

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One of these was a Frenchman, whom they called Father Simon; another was a Portuguese; and a third a Genoese. Father Simon was courteous, and very agreeable company; but the other two were more reserved, seemed rigid and austere, and applied seriously to the work they came about, viz.

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And the descendants of the House of Lusignan and the Genoese and the Venetians etc.