Georgian
See also: georgian
English
WOTD – 26 June 2017
Pronunciation
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Fresco of Queen Tamar, a Georgian woman – that is, a woman from the country of Georgia (etymology 1)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔːdʒən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔːɹdʒən/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒən
- Hyphenation: Georg‧ian
Noun
Georgian (countable and uncountable, plural Georgians)
- (uncountable) The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe.
- (countable) A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe.
- (countable) A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
Hypernyms
- (native or resident of the US state of Georgia): American
Hyponyms
- (language of Georgia): Tush
Synonyms
- (native or resident of the US state of Georgia): goober, goober-grabbler (dated slang)
Translations
language of the country Georgia
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person from the country of Georgia
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person from the U.S. State of Georgia
Adjective
Georgian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
- 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41 – 10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 10 June 2016:
- As in their narrow defeat of Argentina last week, England were indisciplined at the breakdown, and if Georgian fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili had remembered his kicking boots, Johnson's side might have been behind at half-time.
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- Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia or its Georgian or English dialect.
Translations
pertaining to the country, people or language of Georgia
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See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Georgian terms
- Appendix:Georgian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Georgian
Etymology 2

The Circus in Bath, England is an example of Georgian architecture – that is, built during the reign of George II of Great Britain (etymology 2)
Noun
Georgian (plural Georgians)
Adjective
Georgian (comparative more Georgian, superlative most Georgian)
- Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830).
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code ka, ISO 639-3 code kat
- Ethnologue entry for Georgian, ka
Georgian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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