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 ofGeorgia 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I do of course Sheila, live in Georgian Bath – such things are always there if you scrape at the surface too much.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Israeli special forces also helped train Georgian military intelligence units, he said.
tell me about it … 2008
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Israeli special forces also helped train Georgian military intelligence units, he said.
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