Diminutives +-ie.
Georgie
- Adiminutive of the malegiven nameGeorge.
- Adiminutive of the femalegiven nameGeorgina.
FromMiddle EnglishGeorgie(“Georgia”), fromMiddle FrenchGeorgie, fromMedieval LatinGeōrgia.
Georgie
- (obsolete)Georgia (amedievalcountry in theSouth Caucasus, approximatelycoextensive with modernGeorgia).
c.1520,Hayton of Corycus, “The land of Aſye”, in Rycharde Pynſon, transl.,La Flor des estoires de la terre d'Orient [A lytell cronycle][1], Rycharde Pynſon:THe realme ofGeorgie toward thorient hath agret mountayn / which is named Abbers & is inhabited with many diuers nations of peple. And for that cause it is named the countrey Alayne.
1600, Uberto Foglietta, translated by Robert Carr,The Mahumetane or Turkiſh Hiſtorie […] [2], London: Thomas Eſte, page22:And after he addreſſed an armie againſt theSoldan ofEgipt & theSarazins of the which his purposeCaſſan aduertiſed the kings ofArmenia &Georgie, who with their armies came & ioyned with him atBaudras, and from thence marched to the towne of Hames.
1625,[Samuel] Purchas, “The Iournall of FrierWilliam De Rubruquis […]”, inPurchas His Pilgrimes. […], 3rd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […],→OCLC, 1st book,page50:In that Citie (ofVaxnan) FrierBernard Cathalane, of the Order of the Preaching Friers found me; who abode inGeorgie, with a certaine Prior of the Sepulcher, who poſſeſſeth great lands there. And he had learned ſomewhat of theTartars language.
This is the usual form of the country's name in Middle English and the 16th century; it is not found after the early 17th century.
FromMiddle FrenchGeorgie, fromMedieval LatinGeōrgia, fromPersianگرج(gorj) (with influence from (sanctus)Geōrgius(“Saint George”)), fromMiddle Persian𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 pl(Wiruz-ān,“Iberians, Georgians”), of unknown origin.
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛːˈɔːrd͡ʒiː(ə)/,/ˈd͡ʒɔːrd͡ʒiː(ə)/
Georgie
- Georgia (amedievalcountry in theSouth Caucasus, approximatelycoextensive with modernGeorgia)
a.1357,John Maundevylle, chapter XXIX, in[The Travels of Sir John Mandeville] (Cotton Titus C.16.); republished as Paul Hamelius,Mandeville's travels : the Cotton version[3],1919, page172:And þere ben .ij. kyngdomes in þat contree. Þat on is the kyngdom ofGEORGIE & þat oþer is the kyngdom of ABCAZ. And allweys in þat contree ben .ij. kynges & þei ben bothe criſtene- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
1481, Gossuin of Metz, “Here foloweth of the contrees and Royammes of ynde”, in William Caxton, transl.,L'Image du Monde [The myrrour of the worlde][4], William Caxton:The gentyl ladyes of the contre Arme them and ride vpon good horſes rennyng and ſwyfte / and fyghte aſprely in the companye of the knyghtes ofGeorgie ayenſt the ſaraſyns.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
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Georgie f(Jersey)
- Georgia (atranscontinentalcountry in theCaucasus region ofEurope andAsia, on the coast of theBlack Sea, often considered to belong politically toEurope)
- Georgia (astate in the SouthernUnited States)
