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GENF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Genf mean? 

GENF (noun)
  The noun GENF has 1 sense:

1. a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizationsplay

  Familiarity information: GENF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENF (noun)


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:

Geneva; Geneve; Genf

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Genf"):

Genevan (a native or resident of Geneva)

Holonyms ("Genf" is a part of...):

Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)


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