GEORGIAN
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)
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)
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)
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 have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere)
• GEORGIAN (adjective)
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)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
the Georgian capital is Tbilisi / Georgian farmers / 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)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
the Georgian state capital is Atlanta / Georgian peach farmers
Pertainym:
Georgia (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
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))
