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GENEVA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gin made in the Netherlands

Synonyms:

geneva; Holland gin; Hollands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("geneva" is a kind of...):

gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations

Synonyms:

Geneva; Geneve; Genf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Geneva"):

Genevan (a native or resident of Geneva)

Holonyms ("Geneva" is a part of...):

Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)

Credits

 Context examples: 

By degrees the calm and heavenly scene restored me, and I continued my journey towards Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Your favourite schoolfellow, Louis Manoir, has suffered several misfortunes since the departure of Clerval from Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Now, dear Victor, I dare say you wish to be indulged in a little gossip concerning the good people of Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

After passing some months in London, we received a letter from a person in Scotland who had formerly been our visitor at Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He talked of Geneva, which I should soon visit, of Elizabeth and Ernest; but these words only drew deep groans from me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I started up and resolved to return to Geneva with all possible speed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In about a week after the arrival of Elizabeth’s letter we returned to Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I expect to see you looking even more ill than when you quitted Geneva.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I repassed, in my memory, my whole life; my quiet happiness while residing with my family in Geneva, the death of my mother, and my departure for Ingolstadt.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Two years passed in this manner, during which I paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)