Genovese

Of Genoa's people

Genovese refers to people or things from Genoa, a port city in northwestern Italy.

The Genovese dialect is a variety of Ligurian Italian.

In American contexts, Genovese often appears as a surname, most notably associated with the Genovese crime family, one of New York's five major Mafia organizations: The Genovese family controlled the waterfront.

pesto

basil

Fragrant culinary leaf

garlic · mortar and pestle · pasta · minestrone · green · fresh · herbal · crushed · emulsified · sauce

Italian

Liguria

Italian coastal region

Doge's Palace · dialect · seafaring · republic · merchant · nobility

ragù

slow-cooked

Prepared with prolonged heat

  • beefBovine meat for eating
  • vealYoung calf meat
  • onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs

carrots · celery · braised · meat sauce · Naples · Neapolitan · Sunday gravy · caramelized · herbs · bay leaves

Opposites
italian regional/city identity

GenoveseVenetian

Of or from Venice

Milanese · Neapolitan · Roman · Florentine · Sicilian

maritime republic rivalry

GenoveseVenetian

Of or from Venice

Catalan · Ottoman

organized crime family affiliation (American Mafia context)

GenoveseGambino

Mafia family name

Colombo

Family

Genoa, Genoese

Familiarity
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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG