Georgiana
Encyclopedia
Georgiana is an English name. It is the feminine form of the male name George
and a variation of the female names Georgina and Georgia
. It comes from the Greek
word Γεωργιος, meaning farmer
.
George (given name)
George, from the Greek word γεωργός , "farmer" or "earth-worker", which became a name in Greek: Γεώργιος , and Latin: Georgius. The word γεωργός is a compound word, formed by the words ge , "earth", "soil" and ergon , "work"...
and a variation of the female names Georgina and Georgia
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...
. It comes from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word Γεωργιος, meaning farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
.
Places
- Georgiana, AlabamaGeorgiana, AlabamaGeorgiana is a town in Butler County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town was 1,737.-Geography:Georgiana is located at 31°38'24.313" North, 86°44'21.991" West .According to the U.S...
- Georgiana County, New South WalesGeorgiana County, New South WalesGeorgiana County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It lies in the area about halfway between Bathurst and Goulburn. The Lachlan River is the western boundary, with the Crookwell River the southern boundary....
- Electoral district of King and GeorgianaElectoral district of King and GeorgianaKing and Georgiana was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, after King and Georgiana counties, including Yass and Taralga. Its only member was Peter Faucett. It was largely replaced by the electoral district of Yass Plains...
Historical
- Georgiana Keable
- Georgiana BullerGeorgiana BullerDame Audrey Charlotte Georgiana Buller, DBE, RRC , best known as Georgiana Buller, was a British hospital administrator and the founder of the first school dedicated to occupational therapy in the United Kingdom....
(1884-1953) - Georgiana DrewGeorgiana DrewGeorgiana Emma Drew , aka Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and a member of the Barrymore acting family....
(1856-1893) - Georgiana Fullerton (1812-1885)
- Georgiana McCraeGeorgiana McCraeGeorgiana Gordon McCrae was an Australian painter and diarist.-Early life and family background:Born in London, she was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon and Jane Graham. The Marquis of Huntly played little part in her life, as far as can be deduced from Gordon's memoirs...
(1804-1890) - Georgiana MolloyGeorgiana MolloyGeorgiana Molloy was an early settler in Western Australia, who is remembered as one of the first botanical collectors in the colony....
(1805-1843) - Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireGeorgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireGeorgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire , formerly Lady Georgiana Spencer, was the first wife of the 5th Duke of Devonshire, and mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Her father, the 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her niece was Lady Caroline Lamb...
(1757-1806)
Fictional
- Georgiana Darcy, younger sister of one of the main characters in Pride and PrejudicePride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England...
- Georgiana, mother of Pip the main character in Charles Dickens "Great Expectations"
- Georgiana, wife of Aylmer in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"
- Georgiana Reid, cousin of Jane Eyre in Charlotte Bronte's novel of the same name.
Plants
- Wuestneiopsis georgianaWuestneiopsis georgianaWuestneiopsis georgiana is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...
- Occirhenea georgianaOccirhenea georgianaOccirhenea georgiana is a species of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Quercus georgiana is the Latin name of the Georgia oakGeorgia oakQuercus georgiana, the Georgia oak or Stone Mountain oak, is a rare deciduous oak. It is native to the southeastern United States, with a very restricted range in the southern Appalachian Mountains and outlying monadnocks, mainly in northern Georgia, but also very locally in portions of Alabama and...
- Aesculus georgiana is the Latin name of the painted buckeye, also called Aesculus sylvatica
Schools
- Georgiana Molloy Anglican SchoolGeorgiana Molloy Anglican SchoolGeorgiana Molloy Anglican School is a private school located in Busselton, Western Australia, and named after notable early Western Australian settler Georgiana Molloy. The school was established in 2003 under the guidance of Reverend Tom Wilmot, who recognised the need for an Anglican School on...
, a private school located in Busselton, Western Australia - Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory SchoolGeorgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory SchoolGeorgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School, often referred to as Kirby or GBK is a non-profit independent school, located in Santa Cruz, California...
, a non-profit independent school located in Harvey West, Santa Cruz, California, in the United States
Ships
- Georgiana (steamboat)Georgiana (steamboat)The Georgiana was a propeller-driven steamboat that operated on the Columbia River from 1914 to 1940. Georgiana was built of wood, and specially designed for the Harkins Transportation Company, a steamboat line in which the wealthy Henry L...
, a steamboat that operated on the Columbia River from 1914 to 1940 - SS GeorgianaSS GeorgianaThe Georgiana was a brig-rigged, iron hulled, propeller steamer of with a jib and two heavily raked masts, hull and stack painted black. Her clipper bow sported the figurehead of a "demi-woman". Georgiana was reportedly pierced for fourteen guns and could carry over four hundred tons of cargo...
, one of the best known American Civil War shipwrecks - USS Georgiana III (SP-83)USS Georgiana III (SP-83)USS Georgiana III was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.Georgiana III was an iron-hulled civilian yacht built in 1916 by the Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation at Wilmington, Delaware. On 3 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her...
, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918