Genoese

[ jen-oh-eez, -ees ]

/ ˌdʒɛn oʊˈiz, -ˈis /

of, relating to, or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.

a native or inhabitant of Genoa.

Also Gen·o·vese

[jen-uh-veez, -vees] /ˌdʒɛn əˈviz, -ˈvis/.

Origin of Genoese

First recorded in 1545–55; geno(a) + -ese

Between sixteen thousand and eighteen thousand French and Genoese were killed, either cut down on deck or drowned.

The Day the Sea Ran Red: The Battle of Sluys |Dan Jones |May 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Nissa, which became Nizza under the rule of the Genoese and of the Savoyards, had nothing of the provincial about it.

J. M.G. Le Clézio on His Birthplace |Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio |April 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella learned of the Genoese explorer's success not from his own pen, but from the mouth of Santangel.

Columbus' Forgotten Patron |Mitchell Kaplan |October 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He applied to the Genoese, who rejected his scheme as impracticable; then to Portugal; then to Spain.

Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia |Various

After which the Fortress of Chioggia is disclosed, with a bivouac of the Genoese garrison.

Punch Volume 102, May 28, 1892 |Various
Who dare reproach the Genoese Calvin for burning the physician Servetus at the stake?

Human, All Too Human |Friedrich Nietzsche
A dispute as to an alleged Venetian corsair captured by the Genoese ended in a riot.

Venice and its Story |Thomas Okey
Soon the Venetians, and their neighbours the Genoese, monopolised the commerce of the Mediterranean.

Man on the Ocean |R.M. Ballantyne

Genoese

/ (ˌdʒɛnəʊˈiːz) /

a native or inhabitant of Genoa

of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants