English
Etymology
Named after Saint George (died 303).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ
- Hyphenation: Saint George
Proper noun
Saint George
- (Christianity) Patron saint of England and several other places; legendary killer of a dragon.
- Alternative forms: St George, St. George
- Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish:
- A parish of Antigua and Barbuda.
- A parish of Barbados.
- A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A parish of Dominica.
- A parish of Grenada.
- A parish of Jamaica.
- A parish of Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Capital: Kingstown.
Derived terms
Translations
patron saint of England
- Afrikaans: Sint Joris
- Albanian: Shën Gjergji m
- Amharic: ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ (ḳədus giyorgis)
- Arabic: القِدِّيس جُرْجُس m (al-qiddīs jurjus), جُرْجُس m (jurjus)
- Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ (Surb Geworg)
- Basque: San Jurgi
- Bats: წმიდგიუჲრგი̂ (c̣midgiuyrgî)
- Belarusian: Георгій Перамаганосец m (Hjeórhij Pjeramahanósjec)
- Bulgarian: Свети Георги m (Sveti Georgi), Гео́рги Победоно́сец m (Geórgi Pobedonósec)
- Catalan: Sant Jordi (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聖喬治 / 圣乔治 (zh) (Shèng Qiáozhì)
- Czech: Svatý Jiří m
- Danish: Sankt Jørgen c
- Dutch: Sint-Joris m
- Esperanto: Sankta Georgo (eo)
- Estonian: Püha Jüri
- Finnish: Pyhä Yrjö
- French: saint Georges m
- Galician: San Xurxo (gl) m
- Georgian: წმინდა გიორგი (c̣minda giorgi)
- German: der heilige Georg m, Sankt Georg m, St. Georg m
- Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος (el) m (Ágios Geórgios)
- Hebrew: גאורגיוס הקדוש m (georgios ha-kadósh)
- Hungarian: Szent György
- Icelandic: Heilagur Georg m
- Irish: Naomh Seoirse m
- Italian: San Giorgio m
- Japanese: 聖ゲオルギオス (Sei Georugiosu)
- Korean: 성 게오르기우스 (seong ge'oreugiuseu)
- Latin: Sānctus Geōrgius m
- Latvian: Svētais Juris m, Svētais Jurģis m
- Lithuanian: Šventasis Jurgis m
- Macedonian: Свети Георги m (Sveti Georgi), Свети Ѓорѓи m (Sveti Ǵorǵi)
- Maltese: San Ġorġ m
- Mingrelian: ჯეგე (ǯege), წიმინდე გერგი (c̣iminde gergi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Sankt Georg m, Sankt Jørgen m
- Nynorsk: den heilage Jørgen m, sankt Georg m
- Polish: Święty Jerzy (pl) m
- Portuguese: São Jorge (pt) m
- Romanian: Sfântul Gheorghe m
- Russian: Гео́ргий Победоно́сец (ru) m (Geórgij Pobedonósec), Свято́й Гео́ргий m (Svjatój Geórgij)
- Scottish Gaelic: Naomh Seòras m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Свети Георгије m, Свети Ђорђе m (Serbia), Свети Јурај m (Croatia)
- Latin: Sveti Georgije m, Sveti Đorđe m (Serbia), Sveti Juraj (sh) m (Croatia)
- Slovak: Svätý Juraj m
- Slovene: Sveti Jurij m
- Spanish: San Jorge m
- Svan: ჯგჷრა̈̄გ (ǯgərǟg)
- Swedish: Sankt Göran c
- Turkish: Yorgi (tr)
- Ukrainian: Святий Юрій m (Svjatyj Jurij), Святий Георгій m (Svjatyj Heorhij)
- Welsh: San Siôr (cy) m
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Further reading
- “Saint George”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Saint George”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Saint George”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Saint George”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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