Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - geneva

 noun  Etymology: modification of obsolete Dutch genever (now jenever), literally, juniper, from Middle Dutch, from Old French geneivre, ultimately from Latin juniperus  Date: 1705 a highly aromatic bitter gin originally made in the Netherlands GENEVA  or French Geneve or German Genf  geographical name  1. canton SW Switzerland area 109 square miles (282 square kilometers), population 377,108  2. city, its capital, at SW tip of Lake ~ on the Rhone population 167,934  • Genevese adjective or noun