Geneva — For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). Geneva Top left: Palace of Nations, Middle left: CERN Laboratory, Right: Jet d Eau, Bottom: View over … Wikipedia
geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. Hollands. [1700 10; < D genever < OF genevre < L juniperus JUNIPER] * * * I French Genève German Genf Italian Ginevra City (pop., 2001 est.: urban agglom., 464,000), capital of Geneva canton, southwestern Switzerland. At the… … Universalium
Geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. 1. a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920 46. 155,800. 2. a canton in SW Switzerland. 335,800; 109 sq. mi. (282 sq. km). 3. Lake of. Also … Universalium
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg — Map of the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg within Switzerland. The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is the name of a Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland, immediately… … Wikipedia
Lausanne and Geneva — • Diocese in Switzerland, immediately subject to the Holy See Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lausanne and Geneva Lausanne and Geneva … Catholic encyclopedia
Council of Basle — Council of Basle † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Basle Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the common Father of the Christian world had been seriously compromised by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Council of Pisa — Council of Pisa † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Pisa Preliminaries. The great Schism of the West had lasted thirty years (since 1378), and none of the means employed to bring it to an end had been successful. Compromise or… … Catholic encyclopedia
Geneva Conventions — The Geneva Convention: The signature and seals page of the First Geneva Convention (1864), establishing humane rules of war. The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of… … Wikipedia
Great Apostasy — The Great Apostasy is a term used by some religious groups to allege a general fallen state of traditional Christianity, or especially of Catholicism, magisterial Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy, that it is not representative of the faith… … Wikipedia
Canton of Geneva — Infobox Canton|short name=Geneva local names=Genève|coord= coord|46|12|N|6|7|E|region:CH GE type:adm1st|display=title flag img path=Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg coa img path= Coat of Arms of Geneva.svg locatormap img path=Swiss Canton Map GE.png… … Wikipedia
