Lexic.us

Definition of Genoa

1. Noun. A seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria.

Definition of Genoa

1. Proper noun. A province of Liguria, Italy. ¹

2. Proper noun. A city and the capital of the province of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria. ¹

3. Proper noun. A placename. ¹

4. Noun. (nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Genoa

1. a triangular sail [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genoa

Literary usage of Genoa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"Local passengers from Genoa with tickets for stations short of Chiavari (San ... To the left we obtain a view of the fortress-crowned heights around Genoa. ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"and the coast has several good harbours, Genoa, Spezia and Savona being the best. In educational and general development, Liguria stands high among the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Hence the republic of Genoa was now once more enabled to raise its head; and after a long and vexatious process of reaction, the ambitious Ufficio was ..."

4. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"A GLIMPSE OF Genoa. I TOOK my note-book with me on the journey which brought ... We spent but one day in Genoa, and I find such a marvellous succinct record ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"at the expense of Genoa, and, when he expostulated with the King, Francis formed the dangerous design of arresting the captain in his own city, ..."

6. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"and Moreau arrived in the Riviera of Genoa without retrograding to the Col de Tenda, which would have separated him too far from Victor's troops detached ..."

7. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"I had been unable to join him in Genoa, urgently as he had wished it: but what is said here ... His last letter from Genoa was written on the 7th of June, ..."

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