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[Facts] Meaning of Jenova?
Does anyone happen to know the meaning of Jenova?As far as I know it eather mean "god", being a vesion of the hebrew word for god, Yehowah. Or a shortened form of the Gaulish name Geneviève meaning "tribe woman". (In English Geneviève is shortened Geneva.)
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It looks like a form of Geneva to me, perhaps Geneva influenced by the city name Genoa. Both Geneva and Genoa probably have the same etymological source, as seen on these pages: http://snipurl.com/df76 (Geneva), http://snipurl.com/df77 (Genoa).
Miranda
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I don't know if this helps, but in Spanish, we pronounce the city's name "Génova", and the "g" has a sound similar to our "j".The original Italian is "Genova", with the "ge" having kind of a "zh" sound like in the French word "jour".I am not an expert on etymologies, though... but perhaps that will set somebody on the right track?
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It's not form of the first name you wrote (can't write it, sorry). Moreover this name is not the Hebrew name for "g-d" but the *name* (well, one of them) of G-d. Like, I don't know... Venus doesn't mean "goddess", it is the name of one (sorry for the blasphemy people). Moreoever obviously the name of G-d isn't used as a personal name...The second solution sounds possible. Also check Genoveva.
~~ Claire ~~

This message was edited 3/14/2005, 12:16 PM

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