Georgia
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Georgia has two principal meanings:
Georgia may also refer to:
- Georgia (country)Georgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, previously known as:- Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–91), part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Democratic Republic of GeorgiaDemocratic Republic of GeorgiaThe Democratic Republic of Georgia , 1918–1921, was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia.The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917...
(1918–21) - Georgian Kingdom, various earlier Georgian kingdoms and states; see History of GeorgiaHistory of Georgia (country)The nation of Georgia was first unified as a kingdom under the Bagrationi dynasty in the 9th to 10th century, arising from a number of predecessor states of ancient Colchis and Iberia...
- Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, previously known as:- The State of Georgia (1861–70), part of the Confederate States of America; see Georgia in the American Civil War
- Province of GeorgiaProvince of GeorgiaThe Province of Georgia was one of the Southern colonies in British America. It was the last of the thirteen original colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States...
(1732–76)
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
- Georgia, New South Wales, Australia
- India, Georgia, India
- New GeorgiaNew GeorgiaNew Georgia is the largest island of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.-Geography:This island is located in the New Georgia Group, an archipelago including most of the other larger islands in the province...
, Solomon Islands - South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich...
, British overseas territory in the South Atlantic/Southern Ocean - Georgia East, South Africa
- Georgia West, South Africa
- Strait of GeorgiaStrait of GeorgiaThe Strait of Georgia or the Georgia Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately long and varies in width from...
, British Columbia, Canada - Georgia, IndianaGeorgia, IndianaGeorgia is an unincorporated community in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....
, United States - Georgia, New JerseyGeorgia, New JerseyGeorgia is an unincorporated community within Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Exit 22 on I-195 provides access to Georgia....
, United States - Georgia, VermontGeorgia, VermontGeorgia is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,375 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.2 square miles , of which, 39.5 square miles of it is land and 5.7 square miles of it ...
, United States - Georgia AvenueGeorgia AvenueGeorgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia and a short distance in Silver Spring, Maryland, Georgia Avenue is also U.S. Route 29...
, in Washington, DC, United States - Georgia StreetGeorgia StreetGeorgia Street is an east-west street in the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Its section in Downtown Vancouver, designated West Georgia Street, serves as one of the primary streets for the financial and central business districts, and is the major transportation corridor...
, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Media and entertainment
- Georgia (1988 film)Georgia (1988 film)Georgia is a 1988 Australian thriller film directed by Ben Lewin starring Judy Davis and John Bach.Judy Davis plays the two roles of a mother, Georgia, and her daughter Nina...
, Australian thriller - Georgia (1995 film)Georgia (1995 film)Georgia is a 1995 American independent film starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham. In the film, Leigh played Sadie Flood, a punky barroom singer who has a complicated, jealous but loving relationship with her older sister, Georgia, played by Winningham. Georgia is a successful, talented...
, American independent drama - Georgia (2010 film)Georgia (2010 film)5 Days of War is a 2011 action film by Finnish director Renny Harlin. The story is about the 2008 Russo-Georgian war, including the events leading up to the conflict....
, U.S.–Georgian drama about Georgia's conflict with Russia - Marching Through GeorgiaMarching Through Georgia"Marching Through Georgia" is a marching song written by Henry Clay Work at the end of the American Civil War in 1865. It refers to U.S. Maj. Gen...
, the popular 1860s marching tune and song by Henry Clay Work. - "Georgia" (song), 2005 song by Field Mob
- "Georgia" (Cee Lo Green song)Georgia (Cee Lo Green song)"Georgia" is the first promotional single released by American recording artist Cee Lo Green from his third studio album, The Lady Killer. The track was written for inclusion on the album, however, many versions of the album omit the track, with the exception of the Japanese and American Digital...
, 2010 song by Cee Lo Green - "Georgia" (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song)Georgia (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song)"Georgia" is the debut single co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson. It was released in September 2000 as the lead single from her album Room with a View. The song peaked at number 25 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and number 98 on the Billboard...
, 2000 song by Carolyn Dawn Johnson - "Georgia", a song by Boz Scaggs on his 1976 album Silk DegreesSilk DegreesSilk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on the Columbia Records label in 1976. The album reached #2 on the U.S. pop albums chart.-Reception:The album marked Scaggs' commercial zenith, mainly spearheaded by the R&B/Soul hit "Lowdown"...
- "Georgia on My MindGeorgia on My Mind"Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell . It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or...
", 1930 song by Hoagy Carmichael - "Georgia," 2007 song by Hanson, on the album The WalkThe Walk (Hanson album)The Walk is the seventh album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was released on July 24, 2007 in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and on April 30, 2007 in the UK and on February 21, 2007 in Japan...
- State of Georgia (TV series)State of Georgia (TV series)State of Georgia is an American television situation comedy. It stars Raven-Symoné, Majandra Delfino and Loretta Devine. The half-hour multi-cam comedy series stars Raven-Symoné as Georgia, an aspiring actress with a larger-than-life personality, and her science geek best friend, Jo , who are...
, 2011 TV series
Ships
- CSS Georgia (battery)CSS Georgia (battery)CSS Georgia, also known as State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram, was an ironclad floating battery built at Savannah, Georgia in 1862–1863...
, floating battery, commissioned 1863 - CSS Georgia (cruiser)CSS Georgia (cruiser)CSS Georgia was built in 1862 as the fast merchantman Japan. The Confederate States Government purchased her at Dumbarton, Scotland, in March 1863. On April 1, she departed Greenock, reputedly bound for the East Indies and carrying a crew of fifty who had shipped for a voyage to Singapore...
, merchantman, commissioned 1863 - SS GeorgiaSS GeorgiaSS Georgia was an oil tanker lost at Haisborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, England in November 1927.-History:The ship began as hull No. 82 in the shipyard of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia in the United States of America. She was ordered in 1907 by...
, oil tanker, commissioned 1908 - USS Georgia (BB-15)USS Georgia (BB-15)USS Georgia was a United States Navy . She was the first ship to carry her name.Georgia was launched by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine on 11 October 1904, sponsored by Miss Stella Tate, sister of Georgia Congressman Farish Carter Tate and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 24 September 1906,...
, battleship, commissioned 1906 - USS Georgia (SSGN-729), submarine, commissioned 1984
Other uses
- 359 Georgia359 Georgia359 Georgia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 10, 1893 in Nice. It was named by the daughter of Felix Klein at a meeting of the Astronomische Gesselschaft in 1902 held at the Georg August University of Göttingen,...
, an asteroid - Georgia (drink)Georgia (drink)is the name of a popular brand of coffee-flavored beverages sold by The Coca-Cola Company. It was launched in 1975 by Coca-Cola Company, a Japanese subsidiary of the company. It has since expanded to markets in Singapore, South Korea, India and Bahrain. Georgia enjoys the most success in Japan,...
- Georgia (name)Georgia (name)Georgia is the latinate feminine form of George, after Georgiana or Georgina. The Italian cognate is Giorgia, and the Lithuanian is Jurgita or Jurga.-People:* Georgia of Clermont , French saint and nun* Georgia Apostolou , Greek actress...
, female given name - Georgia (typeface)Georgia (typeface)Georgia is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner for the Microsoft Corporation, as the serif companion to the first Microsoft sans serif screen font, Verdana. Microsoft released the initial version of the font on November 1, 1996 as part of the...
- Georgia-PacificGeorgia-PacificGeorgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals. As of Fall 2010, the company employed more than 40,000 people at more...
, an American pulp and paper company - University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, a major public research university in the U.S. state - Georgia BulldogsGeorgia BulldogsThe Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the University of Georgia. The Bulldogs compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and are members of the Southeastern Conference...
, the athletic program of the University of Georgia