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GENEVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Geneve mean?
• GENEVE (noun)
The noun GENEVE has 1 sense:
1. a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
Familiarity information: GENEVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (members of "Geneve"):
Genevan (a native or resident of Geneva)
Holonyms ("Geneve" is a part of...):
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
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