Georgia

Georgia - geographical name

• State of the southeastern U.S. bordering on the Atlantic; capital Atlanta area 58,910 square miles (152,577 square kilometers), population 9,687,653 {dx}see also {dxt|georgian:3|Georgian:3|}{/dx}

• Independent country of southwestern Asia bordering on the Black Sea and the European part of Russia and including the autonomous republics of Abkhazia and Ajaria and the autonomous region of South Ossetia; an ancient and medieval kingdom, later (1936–91) a constituent republic of the Soviet Union; capital Tbilisi area 26,911 square miles (69,700 square kilometers), population 4,926,000 {dx}see also {dxt|georgian:1|Georgian:1|}{/dx}