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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝeˈɲa/
- Hyphenation: γε‧νιά
Noun
γενιά • (geniá) f (plural γενιές)
- kin, ancestry
- generation
- a generation's actions in specific era or decade, mainly of artistic and political movements (used only with γενιά (geniá) but not with γενεά (geneá))
- η γενιά του μεσοπολέμου ― i geniá tou mesopolémou ― the interwar generation
Γενιά του ’30 ονομάστηκε η γενιά Ελλήνων καλλιτεχνών που γεννήθηκαν στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα.- Geniá tou ’30 onomástike i geniá Ellínon kallitechnón pou genníthikan stis archés tou 20ou aióna.
- The generation of the ’30s is the name for the cohort of Greek artists born at the beginning of the 20th century.
- see also expressions with γενεά (geneá)
Declension