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]
Revised Romanization? Jojia
Revised Romanization (translit.)? Jojia
McCune–Reischauer? Chojia
Yale Romanization? Cocia

Proper noun

조지아 • (Jojia)

  1. (South Korea) Georgia (country)
    Synonym: 그루지야 (Geurujiya) (North Korea, common in South Korea)
  2. (South Korea) Georgia (state of the U.S.)

References
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