a city in SW Switzerland, in the Rhône valley on Lake Geneva: centre of Calvinism; headquarters of the International Red Cross (1864), the International Labour Office (1925), the League of Nations (1929–46), the World Health Organization, and the European office of the United Nations; banking centre. Pop: 177 500 (2002 est)
2.
a canton in SW Switzerland. Capital: Geneva. Pop: 419 300 (2002 est). Area: 282 sq km (109sq miles)
French name: Genève. German name: Genf
3. Lake Geneva
Geneva in American English
(dʒəˈnivə)
1.
city in SW Switzerland, on Lake Geneva: pop. 174,000
2.
canton of SW Switzerland, largely the city of Geneva & its suburbs: 109 sq mi (282 sq km); pop. 391,000
3.
Lake (of)lake in SW Switzerland, on the French border: 224 sq mi (580 sq km)
see also Leman
geneva in American English
(dʒəˈnivə)
noun
Hollands
Word origin
Du genever < OFr genevre, juniper berry < L juniperus, juniper
a long loose black gown with very wide sleeves worn by academics or Protestant clerics
Lake Geneva
a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
Geneva bands
a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
Geneva cross
→ Red Cross (sense 1 )
Geneva Protocol
the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating , poisonous , or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
Geneva Convention
the international agreement, first formulated in 1864 at Geneva , establishing a code for wartime treatment of the sick or wounded : revised and extended on several occasions to cover maritime warfare and prisoners of war