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Genoa
44.4072°N 8.9339°E · Q1449
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Genoa. It sits in Italy.
jeansnoun · 16th century
Well attestedThe trousers point to Genoa, not to the American West.
The English word comes by way of French Gênes, the name for Genoa. Sailors and workers there were associated with a heavy cotton cloth that later became jeans.
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génoisenoun · 19th century
Well attestedThe sponge is the French feminine for Genoese.
French named the cake génoise, of Genoa. Jeans carry the same city, arrived at by a different route.
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