Columbus, while opening the door for Spain, was from Genoa, so celebrating him confuses this part of U.S. history.
Keep the Holiday, Lose Columbus|Carrie Gibson|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jerry aside, who on the ACN team bears the most responsibility for the “Genoa” screw-up?
Jeff Daniels on the Most Explosive Episode of ‘The Newsroom’ Yet|Marlow Stern|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What is the whole “Genoa” storyline based on, or is that just something Aaron cooked up?
Jeff Daniels on the Most Explosive Episode of ‘The Newsroom’ Yet|Marlow Stern|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As the season unfolds, at least over the first four episodes, the Genoa and Romney storylines come to dominate the narrative.
‘The Newsroom’ Season 2 Premiere: How Aaron Sorkin Saved the HBO Drama|Andrew Romano|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At first the piece feels like a straight-ish documentary, about rioters at the G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, in July 2011.
Bernadette Corporation: Mutating Art Collective Succeeds in the Avant Garde|Blake Gopnik|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was hard luck, though nothing out of the way for a sailor-man, to go off the Genoa run now I was married, and had a wife there.
Aliens|William McFee
And at his death all that might make Genoa so proud departed with him.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
The king wore a Quaker-coloured dress with gold buttons, while the handsome scapegrace prince was adorned in blue Genoa velvet.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
One of her first pieces of work was a book based on her talks with Byron, back in the Genoa days.
Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune
He may have tried to get his native city, Genoa, to help him.
Introductory American History|Henry Eldridge Bourne
British Dictionary definitions for genoa (1 of 2)
genoa
/ (ˈdʒɛnəʊə) /
noun
yachtinga large triangular jib sail, often with a foot that extends as far aft as the clew of the mainsailAlso called: genoa jib Sometimes shortened to: genny, jenny
British Dictionary definitions for genoa (2 of 2)
Genoa
/ (ˈdʒɛnəʊə) /
noun
a port in NW Italy, capital of Liguria, on the Gulf of Genoa: Italy's main port; an independent commercial city with many colonies in the Middle Ages; university (1243); heavy industries. Pop: 610 307 (2001)Italian name: Genova