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. 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)

Example Sentences

GAF Energy will relocate its headquarters to Georgetown, Texas, on Dec. 13, the company announced in a notification document filed with state officials.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

He lives with his family on a horse farm in Georgetown, Ky., not far from the University of Kentucky.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Before leading the district of around 30,000 students in Iowa, he had previously worked as an educator in four other states, and earned college degrees and credits from universities including Georgetown and Harvard.

Read more on BBC

“If the Department of Justice and any prosecution entity is functioning properly, then that entity is investigating crimes and not people,” said John Hasnas, a law professor at Georgetown University.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

That’s probably what I looked like at Polly’s Freeze, a retro roadside eatery in Georgetown, Indiana, right across the river from Louisville.

Read more on Salon