Genoese
[,dʒenәu'i:z]
Definition
(noun.) a native or resident of Genoa.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants; 'the Genoese sailor we call Columbus' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy.
(n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.
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Definition
adj. relating to Genoa—also Genovese′.—n. an inhabitant of Genoa.
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Examples
- She was a warlike power, and inscribed upon her banners many a brilliant fight with Genoese and Turks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Venetian and Genoese ships were creeping round to Antwerp, and the Hansa town seamen were coming south and extending their range. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It arose in South Russia or Central Asia, and came by way of the Crimea and a Genoese ship to Genoa and Western Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the year 1298 a naval battle occurred between the Genoese and the Venetians, in which the latter were defeated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But these Genoese women do look so charming. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The people did not live in the clouds, as do the Venetians, the Genoese and Neapolitans of to-day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Every intelligent Genoese sailor fretted at the trading monopoly of Venice, and tried to invent some way of getting through it or round it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was a warlike power, and inscribed upon her banners many a brilliant fight with Genoese and Turks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Venetian and Genoese ships were creeping round to Antwerp, and the Hansa town seamen were coming south and extending their range. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It arose in South Russia or Central Asia, and came by way of the Crimea and a Genoese ship to Genoa and Western Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the year 1298 a naval battle occurred between the Genoese and the Venetians, in which the latter were defeated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But these Genoese women do look so charming. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The people did not live in the clouds, as do the Venetians, the Genoese and Neapolitans of to-day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Every intelligent Genoese sailor fretted at the trading monopoly of Venice, and tried to invent some way of getting through it or round it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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