Genua (other)
Genua may refer to: *Genua, an early name for Genoa, a city in Italy (Genua is the Latin, German and ancient Ligurian name for the city, occasionally used in English, especially in historical and archaeological contexts) *Genua, a fictional city from the ''Discworld'' novels by Terry Pratchett *485 Genua, a main belt asteroid People with the surname *Marcantonio Genua (1491–1563), Renaissance Aristotelian philosopher See also *Genoa (other) Genoa is a city and port in Liguria, Italy. Genoa may also refer to: * The Republic of Genoa, a state in Liguria from ca. 1100 to 1805 with various possessions in the Mediterranean Places ;Australia * Genoa, Victoria, a town in Australia ;Unite ...

Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of Republic of Genoa, one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Euro ...
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Discworld Geography
The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' fantasy novels. It consists of a large disc (complete with edge-of-the-world drop-off and consequent waterfall) resting on the backs of four huge elephants which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle, named Great A'Tuin (similar to Chukwa or Akupara from Hindu mythology) as it slowly swims through space. The Disc has been shown to be heavily influenced by magic and, while Pratchett gave it certain similarities to planet Earth, he also created his own system of physics for it. Pratchett first explored the idea of a disc-shaped world in the novel ''Strata'' (1981). Great A'Tuin Great A'Tuin is the Giant Star Turtle (of the fictional species ''Chelys galactica'') who travels through the Discworld universe's space, carrying four giant elephants (named Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen) who in turn carry the Discworld. The narration has described A'Tuin as "the only turtle ev ...
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485 Genua
Genua (minor planet designation: 485 Genua) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared rad .... References External links * * Background asteroids Genua Genua S-type asteroids (SMASS) 19020507 {{Beltasteroid-stub ...
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Marcantonio Genua
Marcantonio Genua (born Marco Antonio Passeri; 1491–1563) was a Renaissance Aristotelian philosopher who taught at the University of Padua. He was a teacher and uncle of the great Renaissance philosopher Giacomo Zabarella Giacomo (or Jacopo) Zabarella (5 September 1533 – 15 October 1589) was an Italian Aristotelian philosopher and logician. Life Zabarella was born into a noble Paduan family. He received a humanist education and entered the University of Padua, .... References * Nadler, Steven M., ''A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy '', Blackwell 2002. 1563 deaths 16th-century philosophers Italian philosophers Aristotelian philosophers 1491 births {{italy-philosopher-stub ...
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