Geneva
Swiss diplomatic center
Geneva is a city in southwestern Switzerland, situated on the lake of the same name at the French border.
It serves as a major center for international diplomacy, hosting the European headquarters of the United Nations and numerous humanitarian organizations including the Red Cross.
The Geneva Conventions are treaties establishing international law for humanitarian treatment during war.
Geneva also names a style of Protestant Christianity stemming from John Calvin's influence there.
Helper of suffering people
- Red CrossInternational emergency relief organization
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
civilians · wounded · treaty · warfare · protection · neutrality · armistice · detainees
International governmental organization
- WHOUN health authority
- WTOGlobal commerce regulator
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
peace talks · mediation · multilateral · UNHCR · delegates · accords · arbitration · ILO
Curved sickle-like arc
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- sailboatsWind-powered watercraft
- swansLarge long-necked waterfowl
- shorelineLand-water boundary
promenade · steamboat · glacial · vineyards · perch · water jet · lakeside · Montreux
Original settlement area preserved
- RhôneMajor southeastern French river
- CantonSwiss administrative district
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- multilingualKnowing multiple languages
expatriates · tram · lakefront · CERN · international
Swiss luxury watchmaker
- timepiecesInstruments measuring elapsed duration
- chronometersPrecise time-measuring instruments
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
precision · movement · escapement · caliber · enamel · perpetual calendar · atelier
Type without terminal strokes
- fontCharacter style set
- ArialSans-serif screen typeface
- HelveticaNeutral sans-serif typeface
- typographyArranging letters for display
clean · legible · modernist · neutral · geometric · Swiss design
Small fashionable stores
- private bankingBespoke services for millionaires
- wealth managementOverseeing affluent clients' finances
- haute coutureCustom luxury dressmaking
- diamondsPrecious crystallized carbon
auction houses · five-star · prestige · affluence · exclusivity · chocolatiers · high-end · jewelry
humanitarian
Helper of suffering people
- Red CrossInternational emergency relief organization
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
combatants · civilians · wounded · treaty · warfare · protection · neutrality · armistice · detainees · occupation
United Nations
International governmental organization
negotiation · peace talks · mediation · multilateral · UNHCR · delegates · accords · arbitration · ILO · headquarters
crescent
Curved sickle-like arc
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- sailboatsWind-powered watercraft
- swansLarge long-necked waterfowl
shoreline · promenade · steamboat · glacial · vineyards · perch · water jet · lakeside · Montreux · Lausanne
Old Town
Original settlement area preserved
- RhôneMajor southeastern French river
- CantonSwiss administrative district
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
multilingual · expatriates · tram · lakefront · CERN · international
Rolex
Swiss luxury watchmaker
- timepiecesInstruments measuring elapsed duration
- chronometersPrecise time-measuring instruments
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
craftsmanship · precision · movement · escapement · caliber · enamel · perpetual calendar · atelier
sans-serif
Type without terminal strokes
typography · clean · legible · modernist · neutral · geometric · Swiss design
boutiques
Small fashionable stores
- private bankingBespoke services for millionaires
- wealth managementOverseeing affluent clients' finances
- haute coutureCustom luxury dressmaking
diamonds · auction houses · five-star · prestige · affluence · exclusivity · chocolatiers · high-end · jewelry · designer
- place namesplace names, Peking, Beijing, place name, city names
- SwitzerlandBern, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne, Swiss Alps
- Francophone PlacesParis, Montreal, Brussels, Lyon, Marseille
- city-statescity-state, Singapore, polis, Monaco, Vatican City
- European airportsHeathrow, Gatwick, Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt, Schiphol
- FrancophoneFrance, Paris, French language, French grammar, Canadian French
Genevawar zone
Area of active conflict
battlefield · conflict zone · Sarajevo · Baghdad · Hiroshima
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- Lake GenevaFranco-Swiss alpine body
- Geneva AccordsPostcolonial partition agreements