# Georgie
## English
### Etymology 1

Diminutives +‎ -ie.

#### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒi

#### Proper noun

Georgie
* A diminutive of the male given name George.
* A diminutive of the female given name Georgina.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English Georgie (“Georgia”), from Middle French Georgie, from Medieval Latin Geōrgia.

#### Proper noun

Georgie
* (obsolete) Georgia (a medieval country in the South Caucasus, approximately coextensive with modern Georgia)
** 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]‎, Rycharde Pynſon:THe realme of Georgie 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 […] ‎, London: Thomas Eſte, page 22:And after he addreſſed an armie againſt the Soldan of Egipt & the Sarazins of the which his purpose Caſſan aduertiſed the kings of Armenia & Georgie, who with their armies came & ioyned with him at Baudras, and from thence marched to the towne of Hames.
** 1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “The Iournall of Frier William De Rubruquis […]”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 3rd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 50:In that Citie (of Vaxnan) Frier Bernard Cathalane, of the Order of the Preaching Friers found me; who abode in Georgie, with a certaine Prior of the Sepulcher, who poſſeſſeth great lands there. And he had learned ſomewhat of the Tartars language.

##### Usage notes

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.

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Middle French Georgie, from Medieval Latin Geōrgia, from Persian گرج (gorj) (with influence from (sanctus) Geōrgius (“Saint George”)), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭 pl (Wiruz-ān, “Iberians, Georgians”), of unknown origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒɛːˈɔːrd͡ʒiː(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒɔːrd͡ʒiː(ə)/

### Proper noun

Georgie
* Georgia (a medieval country in the South Caucasus, approximately coextensive with modern Georgia)
** 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, 1919, page 172:And þere ben .ij. kyngdomes in þat contree. Þat on is the kyngdom of GEORGIE & þat oþer is the kyngdom of ABCAZ. And allweys in þat contree ben .ij. kynges & þei ben bothe criſtene(please add 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]‎, 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 of Georgie ayenſt the ſaraſyns.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* English: Georgie (obsolete)

## Norman
### Etymology

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### Proper noun

Georgie f (Jersey)
* Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
* Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)