Georgiaとは

語源 1

Location of Georgia

Unclear etymology. Early medieval sources explain Georgia's name by the popularity of Saint George, Georgia's Patron Saint, among Georgians. Later European accounts trace the origin to Latin Georgius, itself derived from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”). Supporters of this explanation relied on classical authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela, who mentioned agricultural tribes called "Georgi", (Pliny, IV.26, VI.14; Mela, De Sita Orb. i.2, &50;) so named to distinguish them from their unsettled and pastoral neighbors.

Some 20th-century scholars have speculated that Georgia could have the same origin as Russian грузи́н (gruzín). This origin is گرج‎ (Gorj), from Middle Persian ������������‎ pl (Wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”). Compare Parthian ����������‎ pl (Wiruž-ān), Manichaean Middle Persian wrwcʾn‎ pl (wrwcʾn), Old Armenian վիր-ք (vir-kʿ).

According to others it should be related to Persian گرگ‎ (gorg, “wolf”), the country being a “wolfland” since mountainous forests of the north would seem like a forbidding place to ancient Persians.

固有名詞

Georgia

2. A country in Eastern Europe, on the coast of the Black Sea

同意語

• Gruzia, Sakartvelo

派生語

• Georgian

参考

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Tbilisi
• Georgian SSR

語源 2

Map of US highlighting the State of Georgia.

Named for King George II of Great Britain.

固有名詞

Georgia

2. A state within the United States of America.
4. A transitional serif typeface named after the state, designed by Matthew Carter in 1993.

同意語

• Jawjuh

派生語

• GA
• Georgian

参考

• Appendix:Place names in Georgia (USA)

語源 3

Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).

固有名詞

Georgia

1. A female given name.
   • 1949 Jessamyn West, Except for Me and Thee, Macmillan (1969), page 9:

     "Georgia?" his mother said. "Why in the world would a mother want to give her daughter such an outlandish name?" "It's no more outlandish than Jesse Griffith." "Why, Jesse G., thee's named for thy two grandfathers." "Georgia's named for a whole state."

関連する語

• George
• Georgiana
• Georgina

Latin

固有名詞

Geōrgia f (genitive Geōrgiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Georgia

Inflection

First declension.