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Definition of Georgia
1. Noun. A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
Geographical relationships: Kennesaw Mountain
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, South, Deep South
Group relationships: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States Of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
Terms within: Albany, Atlanta, Capital Of Georgia, Athens, Augusta, Macon, Oxford, Savannah, Valdosta, Vidalia, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River, Coosa, Coosa River, Flint, Flint River, Okefenokee Swamp, Tallapoosa, Tallapoosa River
Derivative terms: Georgian
2. Noun. One of the British colonies that formed the United States.
3. Noun. A republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
Group relationships: Cis, Commonwealth Of Independent States
Group relationships: Transcaucasia
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Georgia, Tbilisi, Tiflis, Abkhaz, Abkhazia, Adzhar, Adzharia
Member holonyms: Georgian
Derivative terms: Georgian
Definition of Georgia
1. Proper noun. A country in Caucasus region of Eurasia. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi. ¹
2. Proper noun. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Atlanta. ¹
3. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Georgia
Literary usage of Georgia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Aside from spasmodic Indian incursions, incited by the French, georgia developed
the arts of peace, immigrants continued to flock in, and between 1763 and ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"try between the two States, the surveyor on the part of georgia to be paid such
compensation as may be determined on by the present or any future ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Although the extensive railroad lines have built up in georgia ... The Savannah
is the most important river of georgia for the reason that over 18 miles of ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"At this attack on the sovereignty of georgia the wrath of the Governor flamed
... The legislature replied that georgia would " never so far compromit her ..."
5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"E We, the people of georgia, in order to form a permanent government, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty ..."
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