GEORGE

The name 'George' is an adaptation of the Greek name ''Georgios'' (Γεώργιος), which is derived from the Greek word ''Georgos'' (Γεωργός), "farmer" or "earth-worker". The word Γεωργος is a compound word, formed by the words ''Ge'' (), "earth", "soil" and ''ergon'' (), "work"[1].

Contents

Computing

Geography

People

Saint

Royalty

George as a surname

Others

Fictional characters

Popular culture

Other

Other languages

See also

Computing

★ GEORGE, International Computers Ltd operating system developed for their 1900 range of computers

★ GEORGE (computer), early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory

Geography

★ George's Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

★ George, Iowa, city in Lyon County, Iowa

★ George, Washington, town in Grant County, Washington, United States

★ George, Western Cape, town in South Africa

★ George County, Mississippi, county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi

★ George West, Texas, city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States

★ Lake George (New York), long narrow lake at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains

★ Lake George (town), New York, town in Warren County, New York, USA

★ Lake George (village), New York, village located in Warren County, New York, USA

People

Saint

★ Saint George, fourth century martyr and saint. Many persons, places, and things have been named for him: Saint George (disambiguation).

Royalty

★ George I German-born British monarch

★ George II German-born British monarch

★ George III British monarch during American Revolution

★ George IV British monarch in early 19th century

★ George V British monarch during World War I

★ George VI British monarch during World War II, father of H. M. Elizabeth II

George as a surname

★ Abraham George is founder of the The George Foundation (TGF), one of the largest private NGOs in India.

★ J. Alan George, Canadian academic

★ Chief Dan George, (1899-1981) Canadian aboriginal actor

★ David Lloyd George, British politician

★ Devean George, basketball player

★ Eddie George, American football player

★ Edward George, British economist

★ Frank George, Epistemologist

★ Gladys George, American actress

★ Henry George, American economist

★ Jeff George, American football player

★ Jennie George, Australian politician

★ Melissa George, Australian actress

★ Peter B. George, British writer

★ Peter J. George, Canadian academic

★ Phyllis George, American businesswoman

★ Ron George, American politician

★ Tony George, Indy Racing League and Vision Racing owner

Others

★ George of Antioch, the first true ammiratus ammiratorum

★ Boy George (né George O'Dowd), British singer

★ George Harrison, British musician

★ George Spencer-Churchill, 5th,6th and 8th Duke of Marlborough

★ George Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland, and heir to the dukedom of Marlborough.

Fictional characters

★ Curious George, the protagonist and main character from a series of popular children's books

★ George, a puppet on the long-running British children's television series, ''Rainbow''

★ Minor characters in The Railway Series#George the Steamroller, from The Railway Series books by Rev. W.V. Awdry

★ George, a character in the webcomic Bob and George.

★ George Jefferson, a main character on the television series The Jeffersons.

Popular culture

★ ''George'' - A slang reference for cocaine, most probably related to George Jung

Other

★ George, famous clothing brand in the United Kingdom owned by supermarket chain ASDA

★ George (band), band from Brisbane, Australia

★ George (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr.

★ George (tortoise), a long-serving pet on British television series Blue Peter

★ George (vacuum cleaner), a green vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Ltd

★ George of the Jungle, Saturday-morning animated television program

★ Tropical Storm George (disambiguation)

★ Hurricane Georges (disambiguation)

★ Kawanishi N1K-J, World War II-era Japanese fighter aircraft codenamed George

★ Lonesome George, the last known remnant of the subspecies Geochelone nigra abingdonii

★ Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George", association formed by car porters

★ ''(george)'', a novel by E. L. Konigsburg

Other languages

★ Amharic: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)

★ Arabic: Jirjis (جرجس), or Jeryes

★ Aragonese: Chorche, Chorxe

★ Albanian: Gjergj

★ Armenian: Գեվորգ (Gevorg)

★ Azeri: Georgi, Gürc (archaic)

★ Basque: Gorka

★ Bulgarian: Георги (Georgi)

★ Catalan: Jordi

★ Chinese: (Qiáozhì)

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★ Traditional: 喬治

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★ Simplified: 乔治

★ Croatian: Male:Jura,Jure,Juro,Juraj,Jurica, Đura, Đuro Female:Đurđa, Đurđica

★ Czech: Jiří

★ Danish: Jørgen , Jørn , Georg

★ Dutch: Jorg, Joris, Sjors

★ English: George (male), Georgia (female)

★ Estonian: Jüri

★ Finnish: Yrjö, Jyrki, Jyri, Yrjänä, Jori

★ French: Georges

★ Galician: Xurxo

★ Ge'ez: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)

★ Georgian: გიორგი (Giorgi)

★ German: Georg , Jörg , Jürgen , Jörgen

★ Greek: Γεώργιος (Georgios) (formal), Γιώργος (Giorgos) (informal)

★ Hawaiian language: Keoki

★ Hebrew: גאורגיוס (Georgios)

★ Hungarian: György

★ Icelandic: Georg , Jörgen ; (these can be found here [2]).

★ Irish: Seoirse

★ Italian: Giorgio

★ Japanese: Jo-ji (ジョージ)

★ Korean: 조지 (Joji)

★ Latin: Georgius

★ Latvian: Georgs, Jurijs, Jurģis

★ Lithuanian: Jurgis

★ Macedonian: Ѓорѓија (Gjorgjija), Ѓоргија (Gjorgija), Ѓорги (Gjorgi), Георгија (Georgija)

★ Malay: Jurjis

★ Malayalam: Geevarghese, Varghese, Varughese, Verghese, Varkey

★ Maltese: Ġorġ

★ Norwegian: Jørgen, Georg

★ Polish: Jerzy

★ Portuguese: Jorge [ˈʒɔrʒ]

★ Romanian: Gheorghe, George (male), Gherghina, Georgeta (female), Gigi (male), Geta (female)

★ Russian: Георгий (Georgij), Юрий (Yury, Yuri, Iouri), Егор (Yegor)

★ Scottish: Deòrsa, Seòras, Deòrsag (female).

★ Serbian: Ђорђе (Đorđe), Ђypaђ (Đurađ), Ђypо (Đuro)

★ Slovak: Juraj

★ Slovene: Jurij, Jure

★ Spanish: Jorge (male), Jorgelina, Georgina (female)

★ Swedish: Örjan , Göran , Jörgen , Jörn , Georg

★ Syriac: Gewargis

★ Tigrinya: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)

★ Tongan: Siaosi

★ Welsh: Siôr, Siors, Siorus

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