Definitions
Italian port city, or a type of sail or cake named from it.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Liguran port”5 letters
02“Italian port”5 letters
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