Genoa

From Latin Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo- (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, in this sense "angle," from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/, /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛn.ou.ə/, /dʒɛnˈou.ə/

Genoa

1. A province of Liguria, Italy.
2. A city and the capital of the province of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria.
3. A placename in the US and elsewhere.

The pronunciations with the stress on the second syllable are considered nonstandard.

• Wikipedia article on Genoa, the Italian city
• Wikipedia disambiguation page on the places called Genoa in other countries

• Ganoe, Genao, Onega, agone