Genevaの意味・使い方・発音

Geneva

[dʒi'ni:və]

Geneva: city in Switzerland, from Latin Genava, perhaps from a PIE root meaning "estuary" or one meaning "bend;" in either case a reference to its situation. From 1920 sometimes in reference to the city as the site of the headquarters of the League of Nations. The original Geneva Convention among Great Britain and the major continental powers to introduce humanitarian conduct in modern warfare (neutrality of hospitals, etc.) dates from 1864; the most recent update was in 1949. The Geneva Protocol is a League of Nations document meant to settle international disputes; it dates from 1924. Earlier the city was associated with Calvinism. Related: Genevan (1841); Genevian (1570s); Genevese (1826); Genevois (1550s).
geneva (n.): 1706, alteration (by influence of the Swiss city name) of Dutch genevre, French genière (see gin (n.1)).

1. Oil markets oscillated on the day 's reports from Geneva .: 石油市場は同日のジュネーブからの報道で起伏した。

2.The mosaics were sent to Munich，and thence to Geneva .: それらのモザイクはミュンヘンに送られ、そこからジュネーブに送られた。

3.Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Geneva tomorrow.: 100カ国以上の政府首脳が明日ジュネーブに集結する。

4.We decided spontaneously to board a train for Geneva .: ジュネーブ行きの列車に乗ることにしました。