Georgetown

American  

[jawrj-toun] / ˈdʒɔrdʒˌtaʊn /

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.

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Georgetown British  

/ ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn /

noun

1. Former name (until 1812): Stabroek. 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)

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"That's the hardest part," requiring "more forces and more complex calculations," explained Kathleen Curlee, a senior analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Early Chinese AI was considered a part of neuroscience, William Hannas, a lead analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Dennis Wilder, a former senior China analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, now at Georgetown University, describes Xi as a lifelong smoker, overweight, no fan of exercise—and a man long fond of a drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"This is another tool designed to control what Chinese citizens do and say overseas," Professor Tom Kellogg, Executive Director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University, told BBC Chinese.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

But they are all, clearly, smart enough, and future Nobel Prize winners come from schools like Georgetown as well as from schools like Harvard.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell