geneva Definition

a highly aromatic bitter gin originally made in the Netherlands

canton of southwestern Switzerland area 109 square miles (282 square kilometers), population 469,000

city and capital of the canton of Geneva, at the southwestern tip of Lake Geneva on the Rhône River population 187,000

two strips of white cloth suspended from the front of a clerical collar and sometimes worn by Protestant clergymen —called also Geneva tabs

one of a series of agreements concerning the treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, wounded, and dead in battle first made at Geneva, Switzerland in 1864 and subsequently accepted in later revisions by most nations

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a loose large-sleeved black academic gown widely used as a vestment by members of the Protestant clergy

lake 45 miles (72 kilometers) long on the border between southwestern Switzerland and eastern France; traversed by the Rhône River

an international law that explains how people who are wounded or taken prisoner during a war are supposed to be treated