# Geneva

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/ · frequency rank #7,137

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
2. A canton of Switzerland.
3. The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
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26. A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
27. A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
28. The Geneva Convention.

## Etymology
Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

## Easily confused with
- **Genoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geneva-vs-genoa)
- **gene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gene-vs-geneva)
- **genes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genes-vs-geneva)
- **genera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genera-vs-geneva)
- **general** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/general-vs-geneva)

## Common misspellings (8)
`egneva`, `geenva`, `geneav`, `genevva`, `genneva`, `genvea`, `ggeneva`, `gneeva`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/geneva