Genoese

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English

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Etymology

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From Genoa +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnəʊˈiːz/

Noun

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Genoese (plural Genoese)

  1. An inhabitant or resident of Genoa.
    • 1656, T. B. of the Inner-Temple, Glossographia: or a Dictionary, Interpreting all such Hard Words, [...], London, s.v. America ([1]):
      America. One of the four parts of the world, ſo called from Americus Veſpuſius a Florentine, who with Columbus a Genoeſe, firſt diſcover'd this Country about the yeer 1492 which is moſt aptly called the New world; [...].
    • 1708, The General History of the World, being an Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a Continuation from the Best Historians to the Present Times. Vol. III, London, p. 249 ([2]):
      However, John not liking a Partner in the Empire, left Conſtantinople, and retir'd to Tenedos, where he engag'd Francis Cataluze a Genoeſe to aſſiſt him, and with the Fleet under his Command, return'd to the Imperal City, compell'd Contacuzenus to quit the Empire; [...]
    • 1741, The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; – Volume the Second. – The Third Edition: With a Compleat Index, London, p. 6 ([3]):
      For at preſent the Greateſt, among the Genoeſe, are in part ſubjects to the monarchy of Spain [...]. The Spaniards tax them very high upon occaſion, and are ſo ſenſible of the advantage this gives them over the republick, that they will not ſuffer a Neapolitan to buy the lands of a Genoeſe, who muſt find a purchaſer among his own countrymen, if he has a mind to ſell.

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Proper noun

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Genoese

  1. The inhabitants of Genoa, collectively.
  2. The dialect of Ligurian spoken in Genoa

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Adjective

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Genoese (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to Genoa.

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