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Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to:


Places


Historical states and entities

* Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom **
Georgia within the Russian Empire The country of Georgia became part of the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Throughout the early modern period, the Muslim Ottoman and Persian empires had fought over various fragmented Georgian kingdoms and principalities; by the 18th centu ...
** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America.


Other places

* 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Canada

* Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *
Strait of Georgia The Strait of Georgia (french: Détroit de Géorgie) or the Georgia Strait is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada and the extreme northwestern mainland coast ...
, British Columbia, Canada


United Kingdom

*
Georgia, Cornwall Georgia is a hamlet in the parish of Towednack, Cornwall, England. Georgia is situated south-west from St Ives, Cornwall. Georgia lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty co ...
, England, UK * South Georgia Island, a British island in the South Atlantic Ocean


United States

*
Georgia, Indiana Georgia is an unincorporated community in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. History Georgia was platted in 1853. The community was named after the state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country ...
*
Georgia, Nebraska Georgia is an unincorporated community in Cherry County, in the U.S. state of Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the ...
, an unincorporated community *
Georgia, New Jersey Georgia is an Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities, unincorporated community located within Freehold Township, New Jersey, Freehold Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
* Georgia, Vermont * Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC


People

* Georgia (name), a female given name * Georgia (musician) (born 1990), English singer, songwriter, and drummer


Media and entertainment


Film and television

* ''Georgia'' (1988 film), an Australian thriller * ''Georgia'' (1995 film), an American drama * ''State of Georgia'' (TV series), a 2011 American sitcom


Albums

*''Georgia'', by Georgia, 2015 * ''Georgia'' (EP), by Brian Fallon, or the title song, 2016 *''Georgia'', the second part of ''
Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
'' by Jason Aldean, 2022


Songs

* "Georgia", by Boz Scaggs from '' Silk Degrees'', 1976 * "Georgia", by Elton John from '' A Single Man'', 1978 * "Georgia", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from ''
Architecture & Morality ''Architecture & Morality'' is the third studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 6 November 1981 by Dindisc. Inspired by religious music, the group sought to broaden their musical palette by u ...
'', 1981 * "Georgia" (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song), 2000 * "Georgia" (Field Mob and Ludacris song), 2005 * "Georgia", by Hanson from '' The Walk'', 2007 * "Georgia" (Cee Lo Green song), 2010 * "Georgia" (Vance Joy song), 2014 * "Georgia", by Phoebe Bridgers from '' Stranger in the Alps'', 2017 * "Georgia", by Brittany Howard from '' Jaime'', 2019 * " Georgia on My Mind", written by Hoagy Carmichael, 1930; official song of the American state of Georgia


Ships

* CSS ''Georgia'' (ironclad), floating battery, commissioned 1863 * CSS ''Georgia'' (steamship), merchantman, commissioned 1863 * , a Union Navy gunboat steamer of the American Civil War * USS ''Georgia'' (BB-15), battleship, commissioned 1906 * SS ''Georgia'', oil tanker, commissioned 1908 * USS ''Georgia'' (SSGN-729), submarine, commissioned 1984


Universities

* University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, United States **
Georgia Bulldogs The Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Georgia. The female athletic teams are sometimes referred to as Lady Bulldogs. The Bulldogs compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Southeastern Conference ( ...
, the athletic teams of the University of Georgia * University of Georgia (Tbilisi), in Tbilisi, Georgia


Other uses

* Georgia (coffee), a brand of coffee beverages (often flavored) sold by The Coca-Cola Company * Georgia (typeface), a Microsoft font family *
Georgia-Pacific Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and r ...
, an American pulp and paper company * "Georgia", a national sports team for the country of Georgia, see ** Georgia national football team * Typhoon Georgia (1959)


See also

*
State of Georgia (disambiguation) State of Georgia may refer to: Places * Georgia (U.S. state), whose official name is "State of Georgia", a state of the United States of America, the Peach State * Georgia (country), the state, nation, country of Georgia in the Caucasus, a former S ...
*
Georgia state Georgia state or ''variation'', may refer to: Primarily * Georgia State University ("State", "Georgia State"), a state university * Georgia (U.S. state) ("Georgia state"), a state of the United States of America Sports * sports teams of Georgia St ...
(disambiguation) * * * George (disambiguation) *
Georgian (disambiguation) Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
* Giorgia (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, ship