Georgia

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔː.dʒə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔɹ.dʒə/

  (file)

• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔʊ.dʒə/

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒə

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 origin as Russian грузи́н (gruzín). This origin is گرج‎ (Gorj), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭‎ pl (Wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”). Compare Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭔𐭍‎ pl (Wiruž-ān), Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] pl (wrwcʾn), Old Armenian վիր-ք (vir-kʿ).

According to others it should be related to Persian گرگ‎ (gorg, “wolf”), the country being a “wolfland” since mountainous forests of the north would seem like a forbidding place to ancient Persians.

Georgia

1. A country in Eastern Europe, on the coast of the Black Sea

• Gruzia, Sakartvelo

• Georgian

• (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, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Tbilisi
• Georgian SSR

Map of US highlighting the State of Georgia.

Named for King George II of Great Britain.

Georgia

1. A state within the United States of America.
2. A transitional serif typeface named after the state, designed by Matthew Carter in 1993.

• Jawjuh

• GA
• Georgian

• Appendix:Place names in Georgia (USA)

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

Georgia

1. 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."

• George
• Georgiana
• Georgina

Georgia

1. Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
2. Georgia (a US state)

• georgiera
• georgiar

Borrowed from English Georgia.

Georgia (genitive Georgias)

1. Georgia (US state)

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

• Audio

  (file)

Georgia n

1. Georgia (US state)

• (country) IPA^(key): /ɡ̊eˈorɡ̊iɑ/
• (US state) IPA^(key): /d̥ʒˈoː(r)d̥ʒiɑ/

Georgia

1. (country) Georgia

   Synonym: Gruusia

2. (US state) Georgia

Georgia

1. (country) Georgia
2. (US state) Georgia

• (republic, dated): Gruusia

• georgialainen

• Audio

  (file)

Georgia n

1. Georgia (US state)

• Georgien

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈɔr.d͡ʒa/, [ˈd͡ʒe̯ɔr̺d͡ʒä]
• Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
• Stress: Geòrgia
• Hyphenation: Geor‧gia

Georgia f

1. Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
2. Georgia (a US state)

• georgiano

Geōrgia f (genitive Geōrgiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Georgia

First declension.

Georgia

1. Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
2. Georgia (a US state)

• georgier
• georgisk

Georgia

1. Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
2. Georgia (a US state)

• georgiar
• georgisk

Georgia f

1. Georgia (US state)

Georgia f

1. Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
2. Georgia (a US state)

• IPA^(key): /xeˈorxja/

Georgia f

1. Georgia (a country in Eastern Europe)
2. Georgia (a US state)

• georgiano