Saint George

Saint George

See also: St George, St. George, and St. George's

English

Etymology

The parishes are named after Saint George (d. 303).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/
• Hyphenation: Saint George
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ

Proper noun

Saint George

1. (Christianity) Patron saint of England and several other places; legendary killer of a dragon.
2. A parish of Antigua and Barbuda.
3. A parish of Barbados.
4. A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. A parish in Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Related terms

• Saint George's Day
• St. George's Cross

Translations

Patron saint of England and several other places

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) Catalan: Sant Jordi (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 聖喬治／圣乔治 (zh) (Shèng Qiáozhì) Czech: Svatý Jiří m Danish: Sankt Jørgen Dutch: Sint-Joris m Esperanto: Sankta Georgo (eo) Estonian: Püha Jüri Finnish: Pyhä Yrjö French: saint Georges m Galician: San Xurxo m Georgian: წმინდა გიორგი (c̣minda giorgi) German: der heilige Georg m, Sankt Georg, St. Georg 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: Sanctus Georgius 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 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) Roman: 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 Turkish: Yorgi Ukrainian: Святий Юрій m (Svjatyj Jurij), Святий Георгій m (Svjatyj Heorhij) Welsh: Sant Siôr m

Further reading

• Saint George at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Saint George”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “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.

Anagrams

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