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語源

From George +‎ town, both capitals were named after King George III of the United Kingdom.

発音

• Homophone: George Town
• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/
• enPR: jôrg′toun′

固有名詞

Georgetown

1. The capital city of Guyana; named for George III of the United Kingdom.

   Synonym: (informal) G/Town

   1. (metonymic) The Guyanese government.
2. A town in Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
3. The capital city of Ascension Island; named for George III.
   • 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 467:

     She comes onto the single road intersecting Georgetown, and notes that every single building, including the Anglican church, has been prefabricated, fitted together like three-dimensional jigsaws from block pieces carried over the sea.

4. Places in the United States of America:
   1. A village in Alaska; named for traders George Hoffman, George Fredericks, and George Morgan.
   2. A town in Arkansas.
   3. A census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States; named for British politician George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby.
   4. A territorial charter municipality, the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado; named for founder George Griffith.
   5. A town, the county seat of Sussex County, Delaware; named for Delaware statesman George Mitchell.
   6. A city, the county seat of Quitman County, Georgia, named for the neighborhood of Washington, D.C..
   7. A city in Idaho; named for George Q. Cannon, an early high-ranking Mormon.
   8. A city in Vermilion County, Illinois; perhaps named for landowner George Beckwith, or George Haworth, son of James Haworth, who platted the city.
   9. A town in Indiana; named for George Waltz, who platted the town.
   10. A city, the county seat of Scott County, Kentucky; named for George Washington.
   11. A village in Louisiana.
   12. A town in Sagadahoc County, Maine.
   13. A town in Essex County, Massachusetts.
   14. A city in Minnesota.
   15. A town in Mississippi.
   16. A town in New York.
   17. A village, the county seat of Brown County, Ohio; named for the city in Kentucky.
   18. A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
   19. A census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
   20. A census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
   21. A city, the county seat of Georgetown County, South Carolina; named for George III.
   22. A city, the county seat of Williamson County, Texas; named for landowner George Washington Glasscock.
   23. A neighborhood of Washington, D.C.; named for George II of Great Britain.
       • 1993 October 31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 January 2022:

         Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.

   24. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
   25. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
   26. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
   27. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia; named for early settler George Pratt.
   28. A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
   29. A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
   30. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Georgetown Township.
5. Places in Canada:
   1. A ghost town in Alberta.
   2. A village in Newfoundland and Labrador.
   3. A community in Ontario; named for Canadian businessman George Kennedy.
   4. A community in Prince Edward Island; named for George III.
6. Places in the United Kingdom:
   1. A suburb of Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1408).
   2. A suburb of Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, alternative spelling George Town (OS grid ref SO0406).
   3. A suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9975).
7. Places in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia):
   1. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; named for landowner George Moate.
   2. A town in Queensland; named for early gold commissioner Howard St George.
   3. A town in South Australia.
   4. A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
8. (informal) Georgetown University.

派生語

• Georgetown County
• Georgetowner
• G/Town

参考

• Georgetown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

参照

Further reading

• Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Georgetown”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 672, column 3

発音

• Homophone: Georgetown

固有名詞

George Town

1. The capital of the Cayman Islands.
2. The capital of Penang, Malaysia.
3. A town and local government area (George Town Council) in northern Tasmania, Australia.
4. A neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Further reading

• George Town on Wikipedia.Wikipedia