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Georgiana (steamboat) 1920s
Georgiana is a Catalan, English, Greek and Romanian name. It is the feminine form of the male name George (given name), George and a variation of the female names Georgina (name), Georgina and Georgia (name), Georgia. It comes from the Greek language, Greek word (), meaning "farmer". A variant spelling is Georgianna. List of persons with the given name Georgiana *Georgiana Astley (1796–1835), English daughter of Sir Henry Dashwood, 3rd Baronet, Sir Henry Dashwood, MP *Georgiana Birțoiu (born 1989), Romanian footballer *Georgiana Blankenship (1861–1936), American writer *Georgiana Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield (1822–1905), British courtier and author *Georgiana Bonser (1898–1979), British physician *Georgiana Buller (1884–1953), English hospital administrator *Georgiana Burne-Jones (1840–1920), artist, wife and biographer of Edward Burne-Jones *Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) *Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876), English aristocrat, travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
