geneva

«geneva» in Mova's school dictionary: a city in Switzerland on Lake Geneva, where many world… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Geneva — a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Geneva is a city in Switzerland on Lake Geneva, where many world organisations such as parts of the United Nations and the Red Cross have their headquarters. tree →

2) The Geneva Conventions: international rules about treating people fairly in war, such as prisoners, the wounded and civilians. tree →

3) (a name) Geneva is also a girl's name and the name of towns in the USA. tree →

4) Geneva can also mean the large lake beside the city of Geneva. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Geneva is a French-speaking Swiss city with a famous fountain. In citizenship and news lessons, the Geneva Conventions protect people in wars. Phrases: Lake Geneva, the Geneva Conventions.

examples

• Geneva is a city in Switzerland. tree →
• The Red Cross was founded in Geneva. tree →
• Lake Geneva is big and blue, with mountains around it. tree →
• The Geneva Conventions say prisoners of war must be treated fairly. tree →
• Many world leaders meet in Geneva for talks. tree →
• People in Geneva mostly speak French. tree →
• A steam-boat started from the town of Villeneuve, at one end of the lake of Geneva, and arrived at Bernex, a little town beyond Montreux, in about half an hour. tree →

note

Always capital G. In French it is Genève. Geneva is not the capital of Switzerland; that is Bern.

In the corpora

• Henri Dunant helped start the Red Cross in 1863, and in 1864 countries signed the first Geneva Convention to protect wounded soldiers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «geneva» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.