"Genua" meaning in Latin

See Genua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɡɛ.nu.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈd͡ʒɛː.nu.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu, in this sense "angle," from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva. Etymology templates: {{der|la|xlg|-}} Ancient Ligurian, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ǵénw-eh₂||knee}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Genua<1.loc>}} Genua f sg (genitive Genuae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Genua<1.loc>}} Forms: Genuae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Genua [nominative, singular], Genuae [genitive, singular], Genuae [dative, singular], Genuam [accusative, singular], Genuā [ablative, singular], Genua [singular, vocative], Genuae [locative, singular]
  1. Genoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy) Tags: declension-1, feminine, singular Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Cities in Liguria, Italy, Places in Italy, Places in Liguria, Italy, Regional capitals of Italy
    Sense id: en-Genua-la-name-Vma2bBc9 Categories (other): Genoa, Metropolitan city capitals of Italy, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 55 45
  2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy) Tags: declension-1, feminine, singular Categories (place): Places in Italy, Places in Liguria, Italy
    Sense id: en-Genua-la-name-jF7zukIX Categories (other): Metropolitan cities of Italy, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 7 10 7 10 7 10 9 7 7 10 7 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 9 8 9 8 9 9 7 8 9 8 9

Inflected forms

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