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Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's most successful clubs, is nicknamed 'Xeneizes' in reference to the neighbourhood's early Italian immigrants from which city?
CORRECT ANSWER
Genoa
Boca Juniors' nickname 'Xeneizes' derives from the Genoese ('Genovese') immigrants who settled in the La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires where the club was founded.
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