조지아
Korean
Alternative forms
- (state of the U.S.): 죠지아 (Jyojia)
Etymology
From English Georgia. This has long been in use as a name for the state of the United States, this word began to be used increasingly to refer to the country of Georgia as well following a request by Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2011 (see Wikipedia's Name of Georgia (country)#Gruziya and a related Telegraph article[1]). Compare Japanese ジョージア (Jōjia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key)[t͡ɕo̞d͡ʑia̠]
- Phonetic Hangul[조지아]
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Proper noun
조지아 • (Jojia)
- (South Korea) Georgia (country)
- Synonym: 그루지야 (Geurujiya) (North Korea, common in South Korea)
- (South Korea) Georgia (state of the U.S.)
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