George

Etymology
Name of an early saint, from Georgius:, from  Γεώργιος:, from γεωργός:.

Proper noun

 * 1) * ~1594 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III:
 * Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George, / Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!
 * 1) * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
 * George and Charles are unlucky in this respect; they have no diminutives, and what a mouthful of monosyllables they are! names royal too, and therefore unshortened. A king must be of a very rare class who could afford to be called by shorthand;
 * 1)  or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).
 * 1)  or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).
 * 1)  or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

Derived terms

 * Geo. (abbreviation)

Related terms

 * George Cross
 * George Foreman grill
 * George Town
 * Georgetown
 * George Washington
 * Georgia
 * Georgiana
 * Georgie
 * Georgina
 * Saint George

Translations

 * Albanian: Gjergj
 * Amharic: ጊዮርጊሰ (juyorlisa)
 * Arabic:, جرجس, ﺧﺿﺭ,جورجيوس
 * Aragonese: Chorche, Chorxe
 * Armenian: Գևորգ (Gevorg)
 * Asturian: Xurde
 * Basque: Gorka (form invented by Sabino Arana), Jurgi, Jurtzi (both used in the Middle Ages)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: Jordi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 喬治, 乔治, 佐殊, 豪爾赫,  豪尔赫, 霍爾蒂,  霍尔蒂
 * Cornish: Jory
 * Corsican: Ghjorghju
 * Croatian: Đurađ, Jure
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: Joris, Jurriaan, Sjors, Jurgen, George, Goris
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: Jorgen
 * Finnish:
 * French: Georges, Jorioz (in the Savoie), Jore (in Normandie)
 * Galician: Xurxo
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hawaiian: Keoki
 * Hebrew: ג׳ורג׳
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Seoirse
 * Italian: Giorgio, Iorio
 * Japanese: ジョージ


 * Korean: 조지
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Juris, Džordžs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: Ѓорѓи, Ѓорѓија, Ѓорѓиј,, Георгиј, Георгиja, Ѓоре, Ѓоко
 * Maltese: Ġorġ
 * Manx: Shorys
 * Maori: Hori
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Occitan: Jòrdi, Jòrgi
 * Persian: (jorj)
 * Polinesian: Hori
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Gheorghe, Iorghu, Iorgu
 * Russian:,  , Егор, Егорий ,
 * Samoan: Siosi
 * Scottish Gaelic: Seòras, Seòrsa, Deòrsa, Dod
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: Ђорђе, Ђурађ
 * Roman: Đorđe, Đurađ
 * Slovak: Juraj
 * Slovene: Jure, Jurij, Juraj, Georgius (Latin translation of Jurij)
 * Sorbian: Jurij
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tongan: Siaosi
 * Turkish: Jorj
 * Turkmen: Jorj
 * Ukrainian: Георгій (Geórgij), Юра (Júra)
 * Welsh: Siôrs, Siôr, Siors, Siorys
 * West Frisian: Jörn, Joren, Jurg
 * Yiddish:

Noun

 * , A coin with King George’s profile.
 * Take the Georges, Pew, and don’t stand here squalling. &mdash; Robert Louis Stevenson.

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