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Georgia

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See also: Georgía, Geórgia, Geòrgia, georgia, and georgià

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from Classical Persian گرج (gurj) (with influence from (sānctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”), alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 pl (wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”). The term's further history is unknown; it may ultimately be a derivation from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gurg, “wolf”), though that would be phonologically challenging; compare Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭔𐭍 pl (wiruž-ān), Old Armenian վիր-ք (vir-kʻ), Old East Slavic гурзи (gurzi). Replaced earlier Georgie, from the same source via a Middle French intermediary.

Early medieval sources hypothesize that the country was named after Saint George, while later European accounts connect the name with agricultural tribes called "Georgi" (from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer”)) mentioned by classical authors (Pliny, IV.26, VI.14; Mela, De Sita Orb. i.2); neither of these etymologies is accepted today.

Proper noun

Georgia

  2. A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See Georgia/translations § Etymology 1.
See also
countries in Asia (appendix)edit
countries in Europe (appendix)edit

Etymology 2

From George (male given name) +‎ -ia (place-name suffix).

Proper noun

Georgia

  2. A state in the Southern United States. Capital: Atlanta. It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760).
    Synonym: Jawjuh
    • 1930, “Georgia on My Mind”, Stuart Gorrell (lyrics), Hoagy Carmichael (music):
      I said, Georgia, oh, Georgia
      No peace I find
      Just an old, sweet song
      Keeps Georgia on my mind
    • 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN‎:
      Collins and the Trump campaign on Wednesday celebrated the recount decision from the Georgia secretary of state as a victory for “integrity” and “transparency.”
    • 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN‎:
      The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has released an update on its investigation into the September 29 BioLab fire in Conyers, Georgia, that shrouded neighborhoods in chemical smoke for days and forced thousands of residents to shelter in place or evacuate.
  4. Ellipsis of University of Georgia.
    Synonym: UGA
    Coordinate terms: Georgia State, GSU (not to be confused)
    • 2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN‎:
      The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.
  5. Several smaller places in the United States.
    1. A town in Franklin County, Vermont, named for George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820).
    2. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, named for the state.
    3. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, named for George A. Frost, a local carpenter.
    4. An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  6. A hamlet in Towednack parish, Cornwall, England.
  8. A transitional serif typeface named after the state, designed by Matthew Carter in 1993.
Derived terms
Translations
See Georgia/translations § Etymology 2.
See also
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Etymology 3

Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).

Proper noun

Georgia

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1949, Jessamyn West, Except for Me and Thee, Macmillan, published 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."
Translations
See Georgia/translations § Etymology 3.
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Afrikaans

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Georgia.

Proper noun

Georgia

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Derived terms

See also

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeorɡia/ [ɡe.or.ɣ̞i.a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧or‧gi‧a

Proper noun

Georgia inan

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Declension

More information indefinite, absolutive ...

Derived terms

See also

countries in Europe: Europako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

Further reading

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Georgia

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English Georgia.

Proper noun

Georgia (genitive Georgias)

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

See also

  • Not to be confused with Georgien in Danish, which means Georgia the country.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Georgia n

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • (country): IPA(key): /ɡ̊eˈorɡ̊iɑ̯/, [ɡ̊eˈorɡ̊iɑ̯]
  • (US state): IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʒ̊oː(r)d̥ʒ̊iɑ̯/, [ˈd̥ʒ̊oː(r)d̥ʒ̊iɑ̯]

Proper noun

Georgia (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonym: Gruusia
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation), singular ...

See also

countries in Europe: Euroopa riigid (appendix)edit

References

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Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Medieval Latin Geōrgia and/or English Georgia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeorɡiɑ/, [ˈɡe̞o̞rˌɡiɑ̝]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒoːdʒ(i)ɑ/, [ˈdʒo̞ːdʒ(i)ɑ̝] (only of US state)
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ge‧or‧gi‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): Ge‧or‧gia

Proper noun

Georgia

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonym: Gruusia
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

countries in Europe: Euroopan maat (appendix)edit
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German

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Georgia n (proper noun, genitive Georgias or (optionally with an article) Georgia)

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

See also

Hungarian

Etymology 1

 Georgia (állam) on Hungarian Wikipedia

From English Georgia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Georgia

  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...
Derived terms
  • georgiai

Etymology 2

 Grúzia on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛorɡijɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧or‧gi‧a
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun

Georgia

  2. (archaic and neologism) synonym of Grúzia, Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...
Derived terms
  • georgiai

See also

countries in Europe: Európa országai (appendix)edit
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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Géorgia

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Adjective

Géorgia (comparative lebih Georgia, superlative paling Georgia)

  1. Georgian

See also

countries in Europe: negara-negara di Eropa (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈɔr.d͡ʒa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧òr‧gia

Proper noun

Georgia f

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

See also

countries in Europe: paesi d'Europa (appendix)edit

Latin

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Etymology

A borrowing from Classical Persian گرج (gurj), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 pl (wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”), of unknown origin. The Latin form was influenced by (sānctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”) due to the saint's popularity in the country.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Geōrgia f sg (genitive Geōrgiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. (New Latin) Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

Derived terms

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Georgia

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Georgia

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Georgia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʐɔr.d͡ʐja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrd͡ʐja
  • Syllabification: Geor‧gia

Proper noun

Georgia f

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Declension

Declension of Georgia
More information singular, nominative ...

Further reading

  • Georgia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Georgia f

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
    Synonym: (Moldova, dated) Gruzia
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Declension

More information singular only, indefinite ...

See also

countries in Europe: țările Europei (appendix)edit

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Georgia f (genitive singular Georgie, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

References

  • “Georgia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Geōrgia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeˈoɾxja/ [xeˈoɾ.xja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾxja
  • Syllabification: Ge‧or‧gia
 

  • Rhymes: -oɾʝa

Proper noun

Georgia f

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
  2. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

See also

countries in Europe: países de Europa (appendix)edit

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Georgia n (genitive Georgias)

  1. Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

From English Georgia.

Proper noun

Georgia f

  1. Georgia (a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: gwledydd Asia (appendix)edit
countries in Europe: gwledydd Ewrop (appendix)edit

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