Genevan

American  

[juh-nee-vuhn] / dʒəˈni vən /

Also Genevese

adjective

1. of or relating to Geneva, Switzerland.

2. Calvinistic.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Geneva, Switzerland.

2. a Calvinist.

Genevan British  

/ dʒɪˈniːvən, ˌdʒɛnɪˈviːz /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Geneva

2. of, adhering to, or relating to the teachings of Calvin or the Calvinists

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Geneva

2. a less common name for a Calvinist See Calvinist

Etymology

Origin of Genevan

First recorded in 1555–65; Genev(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Swiss families priced out of Geneva and forced to live just across the border in France are reeling from another blow: their children are now being elbowed out of Genevan schools.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Another snap captured the ornately wooden Genevan building where the two officially exchanged vows.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

This second line of thought he traces all the way back to the 18th-century Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who made such criticisms at the birth of the Enlightenment.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2017

But it was the socially maladjusted Genevan, whose writings Tocqueville claimed to read every day, who first attacked modernity for the unjust way in which power accrues to a networked élite.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 25, 2016

Some time after the accession of Queen Elizabeth an attempt was made to improve the authorized Great Bible, and in this way to challenge the ever growing popularity of the Calvinistic Genevan Bible.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various