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GEORGIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

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 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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England

Example:

the first Georgian monarch

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

Georgian peach farmers

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

Georgian vowels

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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 4

Meaning:

Of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia

Example:

the Georgian colony

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

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