Georgia is a country in the Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the mountains, whose capital is Tbilisi. In Georgia, Georgian wine, the Georgian language.
It is always capitalised. Georgia has one of the oldest winemaking traditions in the world — around eight thousand years, made in buried clay vessels called qvevri — and its own alphabet, which is used for no other language. Khachapuri, the cheese-filled bread, is the national dish. Note that Georgia is also a state in the southern United States, which is a different place with the same name.
1noungeorgiaA country in the Caucasus between the Black Sea and the mountains.
“Georgia has about three and a half million people.”
georgia is a country.
Medieval Latin
Geōrgia
English
Georgia
English, today
georgia
Built from
Georgia Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia. Medieval Latin Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from fa-cls گرج (with influence from (sānctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”), alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from pal 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 (“Iberians, Georgians”). The term's further history is unknown; it may ultimately be a derivation from pal 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (“wolf”), though that would be phonologically challenging; compare xpr 𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭔𐭍, xcl վիրք, orv гурзи. Replaced earlier Georgie, from the same source via a Middle French intermediary. Early medieval sources hypothesize that the country was named after Saint George, while later European accounts connect the name with agricultural tribes called "Georgi" (from Ancient Greek γεωργός (“farmer”)) mentioned by classical authors (Pliny, IV.26, VI.14; Mela, De Sita Orb. i.2); neither of these etymologies is accepted today.
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