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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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Georgia

UK /ˈd͡ʒɔː.d͡ʒə/ · US /ˈd͡ʒɔɹ.d͡ʒə/ proper noun

  1. proper noun A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.
  2. proper noun A state in the Southern United States. Capital: Atlanta. It is named for George II of Great Britain (1683–1760).
  3. proper noun A town in Franklin County, Vermont, named for George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820).
  4. proper noun An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, named for the state.
  5. proper noun An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, named for George A. Frost, a local carpenter.
  6. proper noun An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  7. proper noun A hamlet in Towednack parish, Cornwall, England.
  8. proper noun A transitional serif typeface named after the state, designed by Matthew Carter in 1993.
  9. proper noun A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Synonyms

Gruzia Sakartvelo Jawjuh UGA Empire State of the South Peach State GA

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from Classical Persian گرج (gurj) (with influence from (sānctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”), alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 pl (wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”). The term's further history is unknown; it may ultimately be a derivation from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gurg, “wolf”), though that would be phonologically challenging; compare Parthian 𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭔𐭍 pl (wiruž-ān), Old Armenian վիր-ք (vir-kʻ), Old East Slavic гурзи (gurzi). Replaced earlier Georgie, from the same source via a Middle French intermediary.
Early medieval sources hypothesize that the country was named after Saint George, while later European accounts connect the name with agricultural tribes called "Georgi" (from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer”)) mentioned by classical authors (Pliny, IV.26, VI.14; Mela, De Sita Orb. i.2); neither of these etymologies is accepted today.

From George (male given name) + -ia (place-name suffix).

Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “Georgia”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details