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Latin
Etymology
Celtic/Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *genwā (“(river) bend”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu) + *abū (“river”), similar to Geneva, Genoa, etc.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Genabum n sg (genitive Genabī); second declension
- The chief city of the Carnutes in Gallia Lugdunensis, now Orleans
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
References
- Genabum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Genabum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.