English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Georgia + -n.
Proper noun
Georgian
- The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Hyponyms
- (language of Georgia): Tush
Translations
language of the country of Georgia
- Abkhaz: ақырҭуа бызшәа (akərtwa bəzŝʷa)
- Afrikaans: Georgies (af)
- Arabic: جُورْجِيَّة f (jōrjiyya)
- Armenian: վրացերեն (hy) (vracʻeren)
- Azerbaijani: gürcü, gürcü dili (az)
- Basque: georgiera (eu)
- Bats: კოხურ მოტეჼ (ḳoxur moṭẽ), ბუჲღეჼ (buyɣẽ)
- Belarusian: грузі́нская мо́ва f (hruzínskaja móva)
- Bulgarian: грузи́нски m (gruzínski)
- Catalan: georgià (ca) m
- Chechen: гуьржийн мотт (güržiı̇n mott)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 格魯吉亞語 / 格鲁吉亚语 (zh) (gélǔjíyàyǔ), 喬治亞語 / 乔治亚语 (zh) (qiáozhìyàyǔ)
- Corsican: georgianu m, ghjeorghjanu m, ghjeurghjanu (co) m
- Crimean Tatar: gürci tili
- Czech: gruzínština (cs) f
- Danish: georgisk (da) n
- Dhivehi: ޖޯޖިޔާ (jōjiyā)
- Dutch: Georgisch (nl) n
- Esperanto: kartvela, kartvela lingvo (with the definite article la (eo))
- Estonian: gruusia, gruusia keel
- Finnish: georgia (fi)
- French: géorgien (fr) m
- Galician: xeorxiano (gl) m
- Georgian: ქართული (ka) (kartuli), ქართული ენა (ka) (kartuli ena)
- German: Georgisch (de) n, Grusinisch n, Kartwelisch (de) n
- Greek: γεωργιανά (el) (georgianá)
- Gujarati: જ્યોર્જિયન (gu) (jyorjiyan)
- Hebrew: גאורגית f (ge'orgít), גְּרוּזִינִית f (gruzinít)
- Hindi: ज्योर्जियन (jyorjiyan)
- Hungarian: grúz (hu)
- Icelandic: georgíska (is) f
- Indonesian: bahasa Georgia (id)
- Irish: Seoirsis f
- Italian: georgiano (it) m
- Japanese: グルジア語 (ja) (グルジアご, gurujiago), ジョージア語 (ジョージアご, jōjiago)
- Kazakh: грузин тілі (gruzin tılı)
- Korean: 그루지야어 (ko) (geurujiya'eo), 조지아어 (ko) (jojia'eo)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گورجی (gurcî)
- Northern Kurdish: gurckî (ku), gurcî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: грузин тили (gruzin tili), гүржү тили (gürjü tili)
- Laz: Korturi, Korturi nena, Kortuli, Kortuli nena, ქორთული (kortuli), ქორთული ნენა (kortuli nena)
- Luxembourgish: Georgesch (lb)
- Macedonian: грузиски m (gruziski)
- Maltese: Ġorġjan
- Mingrelian: ქორთული (kortuli), ქორთული ნინა (kortuli nina)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: гүрж хэл (gürž xel)
- Navajo: Jóojah Dineʼé bizaad
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: georgisk (no) m, grusisk m
- Nynorsk: georgisk (nn) m, grusisk (nn) m
- Ossetian: гуырдзиаг ӕвзаг (g°yrʒiag ævzag)
- Persian: گرجی (fa) (gorji)
- Polish: gruziński (pl) m
- Portuguese: georgiano (pt) m
- Romanian: georgiană (ro) f
- Russian: грузи́нский язы́к m (gruzínskij jazýk), грузи́нский (ru) m (gruzínskij)
- Sardinian: georgianu m
- Scots: Georgie, Georgian
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гру̑зӣјскӣ m
- Roman: grȗzījskī (sh) m
- Sicilian: giurgianu (scn) m
- Slovak: gruzínčina (sk) f
- Slovene: gruzinščina f
- Spanish: georgiano (es) m
- Svan: ლჷქა̈რთუ (ləkärtu), ლჷქა̈რთუ ნინ (ləkärtu nin), ქართუ̂ილ (kartûil), ქართუ̂ილ ნინ (kartûil nin)
- Swedish: georgiska (sv) c
- Tagalog: Heyorhiyano
- Tajik: гурҷӣ (tg) (gurji)
- Turkish: Gürcüce (tr)
- Ukrainian: грузи́нська мо́ва f (hruzýnsʹka móva)
- Vietnamese: tiếng Gru-di-a
- West Frisian: Georgysk n
- Yiddish: גרוזיניש n (gruzinish)
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Noun
Georgian (plural Georgians)
- A person or a descendant of a person from Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
- A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (native or resident of the US state of Georgia): American
Translations
person from the country of Georgia
- Abkhaz: а-қы́рҭуа (a-kə́rtwa)
- Afrikaans: Georgiër
- Albanian: gjeorgjian (sq)
- Arabic: جُورْجِيّ m (jōrjiyy), جُورْجِيَّة f (jōrjiyya)
- Armenian: վրացի (hy) (vracʻi)
- Old Armenian: վրացի (vracʻi), (collectively) վիրք pl (virkʻ)
- Azerbaijani: gürcü
- Basque: georgiar
- Bats: კოხივ (ḳoxiv), ბუჲნღოვ (buynɣov)
- Belarusian: грузі́н m (hruzín), грузі́нка f (hruzínka)
- Bulgarian: грузи́нец m (gruzínec), грузи́нка f (gruzínka)
- Carpathian Rusyn: грузи́н m (hruzýn)
- Catalan: georgià (ca) m, georgiana (ca) f
- Chechen: гуьржи (gürži)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 格魯吉亞人 / 格鲁吉亚人 (zh) (gélǔjíyàrén), 喬治亞人 / 乔治亚人 (zh) (qiáozhìyàrén)
- Crimean Tatar: gürci
- Czech: Gruzínec (cs) m, Gruzín (cs) m, Gruzínka (cs) f
- Danish: georgier c
- Dutch: Georgiër (nl) m, Georgische (nl) f, Georgisch (nl)
- Esperanto: kartvelo m, kartvelino f, gruzo (eo) m, gruzino f
- Estonian: grusiin, gruusialane, georgialane
- Finnish: georgialainen (fi); gruusialainen (fi) (dated)
- French: Géorgien (fr) m, Géorgienne (fr) f
- Galician: xeorxiano (gl) m
- Georgian: ქართველი (ka) (kartveli)
- German: Georgier (de) m, Georgierin (de) f, Grusier m, Grusierin f
- Greek: Γεωργιανός (el) m (Georgianós), Γεωργιανή (el) f (Georgianí)
- Hebrew: גֵּאוֹרְגִּי (he) m (ge'orgí), גאורגית f (ge'orgít), גְּרוּזִינִי (he) m (gruzini), גְּרוּזִינִית f (gruzinit)
- Hindi: जॉर्जियाई (hi) m or f (jŏrjiyāī)
- Hungarian: grúz (hu)
- Icelandic: Georgíumaður m
- Irish: Seoirseach m
- Italian: georgiano (it) m, georgiana (it) f
- Japanese: グルジア人 (ja) (グルジアじん, gurujiajin)
- Kazakh: грузин (gruzin)
- Korean: 그루지야인 (geurujiyain), 조지아인 (jojiain), 그루지야 사람 (geurujiya saram), 조지아 사람 (jojia saram)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گورجی (gurcî)
- Northern Kurdish: gurcistanî (ku), gurcî (ku)
- Kyrgyz: грузин (gruzin), гүржү (ky) (gürjü)
- Latvian: gruzīns m, gruzīniete f
- Laz: Kortu
- Lithuanian: gruzinas (lt) m, gruzinė (lt) f
- Macedonian: Грузиец m (Gruziec), Грузијка f (Gruzijka)
- Mingrelian: ქორთუ (kortu)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: гүрж хүн (gürž xün)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: georgier (no) m, grusier m
- Nynorsk: georgiar (nn) m, grusiar (nn) m
- Ossetian: гуырдзиаг (g°yrʒiag)
- Persian: گرجی (fa) (gorji)
- Polish: Gruzin (pl) m, Gruzinka (pl) f
- Portuguese: georgiano (pt) m
- Romanian: georgian (ro) m, georgiană (ro) f, gruzin (ro) m, gruzină (ro) f
- Russian: грузи́н (ru) m (gruzín), грузи́нка (ru) f (gruzínka), (rare) картве́л (ru) m (kartvél), (rare) картве́лка (ru) (kartvélka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Грузијац m, Грузијка f, Гру̀зӣн m, Грузинка f
- Roman: Gruzijac m, Gruzijka f, Grùzīn (sh) m, Gruzinka f
- Slovak: Gruzínec m, Gruzínka f
- Slovene: Gruzinec (sl) m, Gruzinka f
- Spanish: georgiano (es) m, georgiana (es) f
- Svan: სგა̄უ̂იშ (sgāûiš), მჷქა̈რთ (məkärt), ქართუ̂ელ (kartûel)
- Swedish: georgier (sv) c, (female) georgiska (sv) c
- Tagalog: Heyorhiyano
- Tajik: гурҷӣ (tg) (gurji)
- Turkish: Gürcü (tr), Gürcistanlı
- Turkmen: gürjü, gruzin
- Ukrainian: грузи́н m (hruzýn), грузи́нка f (hruzýnka)
- Urdu: جارجیائی (jārjiyā'ī)
- Uyghur: گرۇزىن (gruzin)
- Uzbek: gruzin (uz)
- Vietnamese: người Gru-di-a
- Yiddish: גרוזינער m (gruziner)
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person from the U.S. State of Georgia
Adjective
Georgian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.
2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41 – 10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 10 June 2016:As in their narrow defeat of Argentina last week, England were indisciplined at the breakdown, and if Georgian fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili had remembered his kicking boots, Johnson's side might have been behind at half-time.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia or its Georgian English dialect.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to the country, people or language of Georgia
- Abkhaz: ақырҭуа (akərtwa)
- Afrikaans: Georgies (af)
- Albanian: gjeorgjez, gjeorgjian (sq)
- Arabic: جُورْجِيّ (jūrjiyy)
- Armenian: վրացական (hy) (vracʻakan)
- Azerbaijani: gürcü
- Bashkir: грузин (gruzin)
- Basque: georgiar
- Belarusian: грузі́нскі (hruzínski)
- Bengali: জর্জীয় (bn) (jorjiẏo)
- Bulgarian: грузи́нски (gruzínski)
- Burmese: ဂျော်ဂျီယာ (gyaugyiya)
- Catalan: georgià (ca)
- Chechen: гуьржийн (güržiı̇n)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 格魯吉亞的 / 格鲁吉亚的 (zh) (Gélǔjíyà de), 喬治亞的 / 乔治亚的 (zh) (Qiáozhìyà de)
- Crimean Tatar: gürci
- Czech: gruzínský (cs)
- Danish: georgisk (da)
- Dutch: Georgisch (nl)
- Estonian: gruusia, Gruusia (et), georgia (et), Georgia (et), grusiini
- Finnish: georgialainen (fi), gruusialainen (fi)
- French: géorgien (fr)
- Georgian: ქართული (ka) (kartuli)
- German: georgisch (de), grusinisch
- Greek: γεωργιανός m (georgianós), γεωργιανή f (georgianí), γεωργιανό n (georgianó)
- Hebrew: גֵּאוֹרְגִּי (he) (ge'orgí), גְּרוּזִינִי (he) (gruzíni)
- Hindi: जॉर्जियाई (hi) (jŏrjiyāī)
- Hungarian: grúz (hu)
- Icelandic: georgískur (is)
- Irish: Seoirseach
- Italian: georgiano (it) m
- Japanese: グルジアの (ja) (Gurujia no), ジョージアの (ja) (Jōjia no)
- Kazakh: грузин (gruzin)
- Khmer: ហ្សកហ្ស៊ី (zɑkzii)
- Korean: 조지아의 (ko) (jojiaui), 그루지야의 (ko) (geurujiyaui)
- Kyrgyz: грузин (gruzin), гүржү (ky) (gürjü)
- Latin: georgianus, Hibēricus
- Latvian: gruzīnu, gruzīnisks
- Lithuanian: gruzinų (lt), gruziniškas (lt)
- Macedonian: грузиски (gruziski)
- Malay: Georgia (ms)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: гүрж (gürž)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: georgisk (no)
- Nynorsk: georgisk (nn)
- Ossetian: гуырдзиаг (g°yrʒiag)
- Pashto: ګرجي (gorǰī)
- Persian: گرجی (fa) (gorji)
- Polish: gruziński (pl)
- Portuguese: georgiano (pt)
- Romanian: georgian (ro), gruzin (ro)
- Russian: грузи́нский (ru) (gruzínskij), (linguistic, rare) картве́льский (ru) (kartvélʹskij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гру̑зӣјскӣ, гру̀зӣнскӣ
- Roman: grȗzījskī (sh), grùzīnskī (sh)
- Slovak: gruzínsky (sk)
- Slovene: grȗzijski
- Spanish: georgiano (es)
- Swedish: georgisk (sv)
- Tagalog: Heyorhiyano
- Tajik: гурҷӣ (tg) (gurji)
- Tatar: гөрҗи (görci)
- Thai: จอร์เจีย (th) (jɔɔ-jiia)
- Turkish: Gürcü (tr)
- Turkmen: gruzin, gürjü
- Ukrainian: грузи́нський (uk) (hruzýnsʹkyj)
- Urdu: جارجیائی (jārjiyā'ī)
- Uyghur: گرۇزىن (gruzin)
- Uzbek: gruzin (uz)
- Vietnamese: Gru-di-a
- Yiddish: גרוזינער (gruziner), גרוזיניש (gruzinish)
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pertaining to the U.S. State of Georgia
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Georgian terms
- Appendix:Georgian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Georgian
Etymology 2
From George + -ian.
Noun
Georgian (plural Georgians)
- (historical) A British citizen during the reign of a king named George.
Adjective
Georgian (comparative more Georgian, superlative most Georgian)
- Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830), sometimes also including the brief reign of William IV (1830-1837).
- Pertaining to a movement in lyric poetry during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom (1910-1936).
- Of or relating to an architectural style of the period, marked by symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of Stefan George (a German poet).
2001, Martin Travers, Critics of Modernity: The Literature of the Conservative Revolution in Germany, 1890–1933, page 82:The same Georgian persona, leonine and sacerdotal (that of the aristocratic priest) appears throughout the reminiscences of all his disciples.
2005, Ernst Osterkamp, “The Legacy of the George Circle”, in Exile, Science and Bildung: The Contested Legacies of German Emigre Intellectuals, page 23:Another example of this sterile Georgian orthodoxy is to be found in the case of Ernst Morwitz ...
2012, Paul Fleming, “Bodies: Ernst H. Kantorowicz”, in “Escape to Life”: German Intellectuals in New York: A Compendium on Exile after 1933, page 227:Kantorowicz […] warns against confusing a Georgian aesthetic “secret Germany,” which still slumbered in concealment, with contemporary, ‘awakened’ Nazi Germany.
- Of or pertaining to Saint George.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Georgian
- genitive singular of Georgia