It looks like a form of
Geneva to me, perhaps
Geneva influenced by the city name Genoa. Both
Geneva and Genoa probably have the same etymological source, as seen on these pages:
http://snipurl.com/df76 (
Geneva),
http://snipurl.com/df77 (Genoa).
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph