Georgia

Georgia has two principal meanings:

• Georgia (country), a country in Caucasus, previously known as:
  • Georgian Kingdom, various earlier Georgian kingdoms and states; see History of Georgia
  • Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–21)
  • Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–91), part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• Georgia (U.S. state), previously known as:
  • The State of Georgia (1861–70), part of the Confederate States of America; see Georgia in the American Civil War
  • Province of Georgia (1732–76)

Georgia may also refer to:

Places

• New Georgia, Solomon Islands
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British overseas territory in the South Atlantic/Southern Ocean
• Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
• Georgia, Indiana, United States
• Georgia, New Jersey, United States
• Georgia, Vermont, United States
• Georgia Avenue, in Washington, DC, United States
• Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Media and entertainment

• Georgia (1988 film), Australian thriller
• Georgia (1995 film), American independent drama
• Georgia (2010 film), U.S.–Georgian drama about Georgia's conflict with Russia
• Marching Through Georgia, the popular 1860s marching tune and song by Henry Clay Work.
• "Georgia" (song), 2005 song by Field Mob
• "Georgia" (Cee Lo Green song), 2010 song by Cee Lo Green
• "Georgia" (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song), 2000 song by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• "Georgia", a song by Boz Scaggs on his 1976 album Silk Degrees
• "Georgia on My Mind", 1930 song by Hoagy Carmichael
• "Georgia," 2007 song by Hanson, on the album The Walk
• State of Georgia (TV series), 2011 TV series

Ships

• CSS Georgia (battery), floating battery, commissioned 1863
• CSS Georgia (cruiser), merchantman, commissioned 1863
• SS Georgia, oil tanker, commissioned 1908
• USS Georgia (BB-15), battleship, commissioned 1906
• USS Georgia (SSGN-729), submarine, commissioned 1984

Other uses

• 359 Georgia, an asteroid
• Georgia (drink)
• Georgia (name), female given name
• Georgia (typeface)
• Georgia-Pacific, an American pulp and paper company
• University of Georgia, a major public research university in the U.S. state
• Georgia Bulldogs, the athletic program of the University of Georgia
• Georgia State University, a public university in the U.S. state

See also

• All pages beginning with "Georgia"
• Georgian (disambiguation)
• George (disambiguation)