Georgian

/ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/ adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
  • Grammar: georgian is listed as adj, name, noun.
  • Nearest alternatives: georgian language, caucasian, english, georgia.
  • Useful contrasts: foreign, foreign language, foreigner.
  • Usage evidence: The languages that have been transliterated within the Tatoeba Project are Japanese, Chinese, Shanghainese, Georgian and Uzbek.

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
  2. 2
    A British citizen during the reign of a king named George. historical

    "Such, I think, was the predicament in which the young Georgians found themselves about the year 1910. Many of them—I am thinking of Mr. Forster and Mr. Lawrence in particular—spoilt their early work because, instead of throwing away those tools, they tried to use them. They tried to compromise."

  3. 3
    a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition wordnet
  4. 4
    A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.

    "Trump attorney Lin Wood, a favorite of the QAnon crowd, is advising Georgians not to vote for Perdue and Loeffler."

  5. 5
    a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia wordnet
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  1. 6
    a native or resident of the American state of Georgia wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    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), sometimes also including the brief reign of William IV (1830–1837).
  3. 3
    Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia or its Georgian English dialect. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Pertaining to a movement in lyric poetry during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom (1910–1936).

    "Georgian Poetry"

  5. 5
    Of or relating to an architectural style of the period, marked by symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome.
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  1. 6
    Pertaining to or characteristic of German poet Stefan George (1868–1933).

    "The same Georgian persona, leonine and sacerdotal (that of the aristocratic priest) appears throughout the reminiscences of all his disciples."

  2. 7
    Of or pertaining to Saint George.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language wordnet
  4. 4
    of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Synonyms

All synonyms
georgian languagecaucasianenglishgeorgiageorgia-basedgeorgia-related

Antonyms

foreignforeign languageforeignernon Georgian

Example

"The languages that have been transliterated within the Tatoeba Project are Japanese, Chinese, Shanghainese, Georgian and Uzbek."

Common questions

What does "georgian" mean?

A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

What is a synonym for "georgian"?

Common synonyms include: georgian language, caucasian, english, georgia, georgia-based, georgia-related.

How do you use "georgian" in a sentence?

The languages that have been transliterated within the Tatoeba Project are Japanese, Chinese, Shanghainese, Georgian and Uzbek.

How do you pronounce "georgian"?

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔːd͡ʒən/.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Georgia + -n.

Etymology 2

From George + -ian.

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