Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the reigns of the four Georges who ruled Great Britain from 1714 to 1830.
  • adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the reign of George V of Great Britain.
  • adjective Of or relating to the US state of Georgia or its inhabitants.
  • adjective Of or relating to the country of Georgia or its people, language, or culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of the US state of Georgia.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of the country of Georgia.
  • noun The Kartvelian language of the Georgians.
  • noun A person of, or whose style is imitative of, either of the Georgian periods in Great Britain.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging or relating to Georgia in Asia.
  • noun An inhabitant of Georgia, a district in Transcaucasia, Russia, an independent kingdom from very ancient times (known to the ancient Greeks as Iberia), but annexed to Russia in 1801. The Georgians are a very handsome race, of the purest Caucasian type.
  • Belonging or relating to the four kings of England named George, or to any one of them, or to the period of their successive reigns (1714-1830).
  • Specifically, of the style of art or of decoration prevailing during the reigns of the four Georges, especially of George I. and George II.
  • Belonging or relating to the State of Georgia in the United States.
  • noun A native or an inhabitant of the State of Georgia in the United States.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A native of, or dweller in, Georgia.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Georgia, a former Soviet republic, now an independent country in the Causcuses in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States.
  • adjective Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun The language of the country of Georgia.
  • noun A person from the country of Georgia or descended from them.
  • noun A person from the U.S. State of Georgia or descended from them.
  • noun Of the reign of a King George, or in the style of that reign. (mostly British).
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia or its Georgian or English dialect.
  • adjective Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I-IV of the UK (1714-1837).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants
  • noun a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language
  • adjective of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England
  • adjective of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia
  • noun a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition

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Examples

  • Western states condemned Russia's actions as disproportionate, but the Kremlin said it had to act to prevent what it called a Georgian genocide against local residents.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • But he welcomed what he called the Georgian Government's prompt response to the massive displacement as a result of the fighting, including its construction of new homes for people unlikely to be able to return in the near future.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2008

  • Meanwhile, the chief of the European Union monitors in Georgia, Hansjoerg Haber, asked Russia to give specific information about what it called Georgian ceasefire violations near the two breakaway areas.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • I do of course Sheila, live in Georgian Bath – such things are always there if you scrape at the surface too much.

    Prince Picks | clusterflock 2009

  • Three and a half hours north of Toronto, is Pointe au Baril, a remote archipelago in Georgian Bay on a cusp of the Canadian shield – a large area of exposed Precambrian rock.

    Molly’s Cabin by AGATHOM 2009

  • Three and a half hours north of Toronto, is Pointe au Baril, a remote archipelago in Georgian Bay on a cusp of the Canadian shield – a large area of exposed Precambrian rock.

    The ReLegs Chair by Jennifer Heier 2009

  • There are people that share these values within Georgian opposition now, yet they have been completely silenced by radicals from both sides.

    Global Voices in English » Georgia: Opposition protests enter fifth day 2009

  • U.S. warships are currently in Georgian ports, the missile bases are still being pushed ahead, Georgia and Ukraine have been promised eventual NATO membership and the Bush Administration has signed a strategic agreement with the Saakashvili government.

    Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • Israeli special forces also helped train Georgian military intelligence units, he said.

    tell me about it … 2008

  • Israeli special forces also helped train Georgian military intelligence units, he said.

    19 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

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