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Georgia
Georgia
English
Proper noun
Georgia
- A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.
Derived terms
Translations
country
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Synonyms
- Gruzia, Sakartvelo
See also
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)
- Tbilisi
- Georgian SSR
Etymology 2
Map of US highlighting the State of Georgia.
Named for King George II of Great Britain.
Proper noun
Georgia
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Atlanta.
- A transitional serif typeface named after the state, designed by Matthew Carter in 1993.
Derived terms
Synonyms
Translations
state of the USA
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Georgia (USA)
Etymology 3
Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).
Proper noun
Georgia
- A female given name.
- 1949 Jessamyn West, Except for Me and Thee, Macmillan (1969), page 9:
- "Georgia?" his mother said. "Why in the world would a mother want to give her daughter such an outlandish name?" "It's no more outlandish than Jesse Griffith." "Why, Jesse G., thee's named for thy two grandfathers." "Georgia's named for a whole state."
- 1949 Jessamyn West, Except for Me and Thee, Macmillan (1969), page 9:
Related terms
Translations
female given name
Basque
Proper noun
Georgia
- Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
- Georgia (a US state)
Declension
"Georgia"
Related termsDanishEtymologyBorrowing from English Georgia. Proper nounGeorgia (genitive Georgias)
See also
DutchPronunciationProper nounGeorgia n
FinnishProper nounGeorgia
Declension
Synonyms
Related termsGermanProper nounGeorgia n
See alsoItalianProper nounGeorgia f
Related termsLatinProper nounGeorgia f (genitive Georgiae); first declension InflectionFirst declension.
Norwegian BokmålProper nounGeorgia
Related termsNorwegian NynorskProper nounGeorgia
Related termsPolishProper nounGeorgia f
Declensiondeclension of Georgia
RomanianProper nounGeorgia f
SpanishProper nounGeorgia f
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georgia
Etymology
Location of Georgia
Unclear etymology. Early medieval sources explain Georgia's name by the popularity of Saint George, Georgia's Patron Saint, among Georgians. Later European accounts trace the origin to Latin Georgius, itself derived from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”). Supporters of this explanation relied on classical authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela, who mentioned agricultural tribes called "Georgi", (Pliny, IV.26, VI.14; Mela, De Sita Orb. i.2, &50;) so named to distinguish them from their unsettled and pastoral neighbors. Some 20th century scholars have speculated that Georgia could have the same root as Russian грузи́н (gruzín).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔː.dʒə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔɹ.dʒə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒə
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔʊ.dʒə/