Georgetown

[ jawrj-toun ]

noun

1. Also George Town. a seaport in and the capital of the state of Penang, in NW Malaysia.
2. a seaport in and the capital of Guyana, at the mouth of the Demerara.
3. a residential section in the District of Columbia.
4. a town in N Kentucky.
5. a city in E South Carolina.
6. a town in and the capital of the Cayman Islands, West Indies, on Grand Cayman.

Georgetown

/ ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Guyana, at the mouth of the Demerara River: became capital of the Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Demerara in 1784; seat of the University of Guyana. Pop: 237 000 (2005 est) Former name (until 1812)Stabroek

Example Sentences

Another client, a professor at Georgetown University, submitted requests for scenarios that she had yet to even imagine.

From The Daily Beast

Like Biden, Klain is a consummate fixer, with Georgetown and Harvard Law School degrees thrown in for good measure.

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Melanne Verveer is the Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

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Magnolia Bakery,  Georgetown Cupcake, and Sprinkles were all gaining scale.

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Two months later, Mrs. Kennedy announced that she was giving up her home in Georgetown and moving to New York.

From The Daily Beast

Elwood managed to persuade him to do thus much, that he might take back to his friends at Georgetown a description of the scene.

From Project Gutenberg

At the same time, he knew that the journey back to Georgetown would be anything but easy or agreeable.

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Georgetown, then a small town in Maryland, was later incorporated in the District of Columbia.

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Has mention been made of a few house-finches that were seen in Georgetown?

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The village of Georgetown nestles in a deep pocket of the mountains.

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