• (British) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔː.d͡ʒə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹ.d͡ʒə/, enPR: jôrʹjə
• (Southern US) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ.d͡ʒə/

A borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from fa-cls گرج (with influence from (sānctus) Geōrgius, alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from Pahlavi 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭.

Early medieval sources hypothesize that the country was named after Saint George, while later European accounts connect the name with agricultural tribes called "Georgi" (from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer”)) mentioned by classical authors (Pliny, IV.

1. A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The Second Part […], 2nd edition, part 2, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC ↗; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act V, scene i ↗:

     Though this be held his laſt daies dꝛeadfull ſiege,
     Wherein he ſpareth neither man noꝛ childe,
     Yet are there Chꝛiſtians of Georgia here,
     Whoſe ſtate who euer pitied and relieu'd:

   • 1776, Edward Gibbon, chapter III, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC ↗, page 619 ↗:

     The practice of raiſing ſlaves to the great offices of ſtate is ſtill more common among the Turks than among the Perſians. The miſerable countries of Georgia and Circaſſia ſupply rulers to the greateſt part of the eaſt.

• Gruzia, Sakartvelo

see Georgia/translations

From George + -ia.

1. A state in the Southern United States. It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760).

   Synonyms: Jawjuh

2. Several places in the United States.
   1. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
   2. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
   4. An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
3. A hamlet in Towednack, Cornwall.
4. A transitional serif typeface named after the state, designed by Matthew Carter in 1993.
5. University of Georgia.

see Georgia/translations

Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος.

1. A female given name.
   • 1949, Jessamyn West, Except for Me and Thee, Macmillan, published 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

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