Georgia

[jawr-juh]

noun

1. a state in the southeastern United States. 58,876 sq. mi. (152,489 sq. km). Atlanta. GA (for use with zip code), Ga.

2. Also called Georgian Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, bordering on the Black Sea, north of Turkey and Armenia: an independent kingdom for about 2,000 years. 26,872 sq. mi. (69,700 sq. km). Tbilisi.

3. Strait of Georgia an arm of the Salish Sea in southwestern Canada and northwestern Washington State, between Vancouver Island and the mainland. 150 miles (240 km) long.

4. a female given name: George + feminine ending -a.

Georgia

/ ˈdʒɔːdʒjə /

noun

1. a republic in NW Asia, on the Black Sea: an independent kingdom during the middle ages, it was divided by Turkey and Persia in 1555; became part of Russia in 1918 and a separate Soviet republic in 1936; its independence was recognized internationally in 1992. It is rich in minerals and has hydroelectric resources. Official language: Georgian. Religion: believers are mainly Christian or Muslim. Currency: lari. Capital: Tbilisi. Pop: 4 555 911 (2013 est). Area: 69 493 sq km (26 831 sq miles)

2. Abbreviation: Ga.  GA. a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: consists of coastal plains with forests and swamps, rising to the Cumberland Plateau and the Appalachians in the northwest Capital: Atlanta. Pop: 8 684 715 (2003 est). Area: 152 489 sq km (58 876 sq miles)

Georgia

¹

1. Republic in extreme southwestern Asia on the Black Sea, bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the east by Azerbaijan, and to the south by Armenia and Turkey. Its capital and largest city is Tbilisi.

Georgia

²

1. State in the southeastern United States bordered by Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, South Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Its capital and largest city is Atlanta.

This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991.

Last of the thirteen colonies to be founded (1733).

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

Example Sentences

"The golf really matters," said Brent Nelsen, a former professor of Stubb's at Furman University in Georgia, at which the Finnish president studied on a golf scholarship in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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"It's quite symbolic, the way that the weather changes and how our mood mirrors that," says Georgia Alker, a counsellor at Treehouse Wellbeing and Counselling.

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"The school put in place timely and appropriate measures to support Georgia and was not in any way causative of her death," the coroner told the hearing in Ipswich.

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Bostic’s district covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, states that have largely benefited from the multiyear migration of companies and workers to the South.

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Studies by the Georgia Tech group, including one published in March in the journal Nature, showed it to be highly accurate.

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