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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. jen-ə-SEE  [key]
Other Forms FormsGenessee, Jenasey

Meaning & History

This is the name of a North American river which flows through western New York and Pennsylvania. Numerous U.S. towns and counties are named after the river. Genesee is a corruption of Chin-u-shio, the indigenous Seneca tribe's name for the river valley, originally Čunehstí•yu• meaning "a beautiful open valley".
Added 6/24/2008 by Liz Witbeck
Edited 4/26/2014 by Sofia, LMS and SeaHorse15