GEORGIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Georgian mean? 

• GEORGIAN (noun)
  The noun GEORGIAN has 3 senses:

1. a native or resident of the American state of Georgia

2. a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia

3. a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition

  Familiarity information: GEORGIAN used as a noun is uncommon.

• GEORGIAN (adjective)
  The adjective GEORGIAN has 4 senses:

1. of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia

2. of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language

3. of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants

4. of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England

  Familiarity information: GEORGIAN used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEORGIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of the American state of Georgia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Georgian" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Derivation:

Georgian (of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Georgian" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Georgian" is a member of...):

Georgia; Sakartvelo (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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Georgian" is a kind of...):

Caucasian; Caucasian language (a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere)

• GEORGIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Georgian colony

Pertainym:

Georgia (one of the British colonies that formed the United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Georgian vowels

Pertainym:

Georgia (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)

Derivation:

Georgia (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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Georgian peach farmers

Pertainym:

Georgia (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Derivation:

Georgia (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Georgian (a native or resident of the American state of Georgia)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the first Georgian monarch

Pertainym:

George (Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303))

Derivation:

George (Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727))

George (King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760))

George (King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820))

George (King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830))

 Context examples 

Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)