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Ge·ne·van

(jə-nē′vən) also Gen·e·vese (jĕn′ə-vēz′, -vēs′)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Geneva, Switzerland, or its inhabitants.
2. Of or relating to the teachings of John Calvin in Geneva; Calvinistic.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Geneva, Switzerland.
2. A Calvinist.
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Ge•ne•van

(dʒəˈni vən)

adj.
1. of or pertaining to Geneva, Switzerland.
2. Calvinistic.
n.
3. a native or resident of Geneva, Switzerland.
4. a Calvinist.
[1555–65]
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The Imperial army, strictly speaking, was one third composed of Dutch, Belgians, men from the borders of the Rhine, Piedmontese, Swiss, Genevese, Tuscans, Romans, inhabitants of the Thirty-second Military Division, of Bremen, of Hamburg, and so on: it included scarcely a hundred and forty thousand who spoke French.
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"Just so; and is it the custom of the Genevese to give their children English appellatives?"
"But" (slowly and with embarrassment) "my parents were not all the two Genevese."
I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
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Charles was poor and ugly, derided by Genevese gamins, and not acceptable in drawing-rooms.
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Without being aware of it she injured her husband in the eyes of others; for in all countries society, before making up its mind about a man, listens for what his wife thinks of him, and obtains from her what the Genevese term "pre-advice."
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Those experiences are: a) the Convention on the Protection, Utilization, Recharge and Monitoring of the Franco-Swiss Genevese Aquifer signed between France (the Community of the Annemassienne Region, the Community of the Genevois Rural Districts, and the Rural District of Viry) and Switzerland (the Republic and Canton of Geneva), on December 18, 2007.
International cooperation on transboundary aquifers in South America and the Guarani Aquifer case

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