Genoa

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Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.
2. A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
3. A former province of Liguria.
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17. a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.

noun

1. A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.

   “The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.”