Georgia
['dʒɔ:dʒjə]
Definition
(noun.) a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
(noun.) a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
(noun.) one of the British colonies that formed the United States.
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Examples
- On the 31st of January I countermanded the orders given to Thomas to move south to Alabama and Georgia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then he sealed it and addressed it to Captain James Calhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' Savannah, Georgia. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The debates were exciting, and were upon the subject of the situation the South was in at that time, particularly the State of Georgia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The following April he went back to Georgia, where he found unusually large crops of cotton had been planted, in expectation of using the gin. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Atkinson commanding, and containing 12th Georgia Battalion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This pretended African speech was an excellent parody of one delivered by Mr. Jackson, of Georgia. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Pine tar is the kind best suited for cordage, the yellow, longleaf, or Georgia pine holding the first rank in the United States for tar making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They knew their rivals were unscrupulous, and were in fact already trying their best to prejudice the minds of the more conservative Georgia cotton-growers against them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Hardee, a native of Georgia, also came, but brought no troops with him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sherman had forced Johnston out of Dalton, Georgia, and was following him south. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Johnston, was at Dalton, Georgia, opposed to Sherman who was still at Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Equipped with engine and machinery it steamed out of New York Harbour on the 27th day of March, 1819, and successfully reached Savannah, Georgia. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Georgia was not present. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This occurred at Irwinsville, Georgia, on the 11th of May. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Johnston's army being his objective point, and the heart of Georgia his ultimate aim. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Georgias made a present to the temple of Delphi of his own statue in solid gold. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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