Genoa

:Alternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation).

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Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes, German Genua) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of ca. 600,000, the metropolitan area has a population of ca. 800,000.

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Italian - Genoese - French - City - Seaport - Italy - Province of Genoa - Region - Liguria

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Genua was a city of the ancient Ligurians. Its name is probably Ligurian, meaning "knee" (from Proto-Indo-European *genu 'knee'), i.e. "angle", from its geographical position, thus akin to the name of Geneva. Alternatively, the name has been claimed to derive from Latin Janua ("gate"), the two-headed god Janus, or an ancient word that means "foreigners", as the early settlers were considered foreign by the neighbouring population.

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Ligurians - Ligurian - Proto-Indo-European - Geneva - Latin - Janus

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