Gori

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A white woman. British, India, North, Pakistan, ethnic, slur
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in eastern Georgia, the regional capital of the Shida Kartli region.

    "The Georgians (girt in with two mightie aduerſaries, the Perſian, and the Turke) haue endured mcuh grieuance from them both: and, in the late warres, eſpecially from the Turke, who hath taken and fortified many of their principall places of importance, Gori, Cliſca, Lori, Tomanis, Teflis, the chiefe citie of Georgia, vnto which from Derbent there yet remaine the foundation of a high and thicke wall built by Alexander."

  2. 2
    A surname from Italian.

Example

More examples

"The mayor of Bergamo, Giorgio Gori, says his province, like many others in Italy, were not prepared for the coronavirus outbreak."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Georgian გორი (gori).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Gori.

Etymology 3

Feminine equivalent of gora, which see.

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