George may refer to:
Names
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George (given name)
George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek Georgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was s ...
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George (surname)
People
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George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
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George Papagheorghe
George Papagheorghe (born 22 June 1982, in Constanța) a.k.a. Jorge and at times GEØRGE is a Romanian singer, dancer and TV host, specially for the talent competition ''România dansează'' on Antena 1 starting 2013.
Career Beginnings
George ...
, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE
* George, stage name of
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music. His work ...
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George, son of Andrew I of Hungary
Places
South Africa
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George, South Africa
George is the second largest city in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre, as well as the administrative and commercial hub and the seat of the Garden Route District Municipality. It is na ...
, a city
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George Airport
United States
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George, Iowa
George is a city in Lyon County, Iowa, United States, along the Little Rock River. The population was 1,077 at the time of the 2020 census. The ZIP Code for George is 51237.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city h ...
, a city
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George, Missouri, a ghost town
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George, Washington
George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. The "humorous homage" to President George Washington has landed George, Washington on lists of unusual place names.
The city is known for ...
, a city
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George County, Mississippi
George County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,350. Its county seat is Lucedale. The county is named for James Z. George, US Senator from Mississippi. George County was inclu ...
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George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California
Computing
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George (algebraic compiler)
The Laning and Zierler system (sometimes called "George" by its users) was the first operating algebraic compiler, that is, a system capable of accepting mathematical formulas in algebraic notation and producing equivalent machine code (the term ...
also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952
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GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957
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GEORGE (operating system)
GEORGE was the name given to a series of operating systems released by International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) in the 1960s, for the ICT 1900 series of computers. These included GEORGE 1, GEORGE 2, GEORGE 3, and GEORGE 4.
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, a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s
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GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leonard Hamblin in 1957
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George (robot)
George is a British humanoid robot created by Tony Sale in 1949. The robot was built using scrap metals from a crashed RAF Wellington bomber. George was reactivated in 2010 by Sale and is on display at The National Museum of Computing at Blet ...
, a simple humanoid robot built by Tony Sale in 1949
Film and television
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''George'' (1972 TV series), a Canadian-Swiss television series
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''George'' (1993 TV series), a short-lived sitcom starring George Foreman
* George, the
sixth MGM lion
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"George" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1974 episode of the television series ''M*A*S*H''
Print
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''George'' (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr.
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''George'' (novel), a 2016 novel by Alex Gino
* ''(George)'', a 1970 novel by
E. L. Konigsburg
Music
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George (band)
George (stylised as george) were an Australian rock band from Brisbane, Queensland. The band's first album, '' Polyserena'', reached No. 1 on the Australian charts on 17 March 2002.
Background
For most of george's career, the band consisted o ...
, an Australian band
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''George'' (EP), an EP by Cartman
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"George" (song), a song by Headless Chickens
* "George", a 1959 spoken word track by
Joyce Grenfell
Joyce Irene Grenfell (''née'' Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo show ...
Transport
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Autopilot
An autopilot is a system used to control the path of a vehicle without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle, allow ...
, affectionately known as "George"
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George (bus service)
Arlington Transit (ART) is a bus Public transport, transit system that operates in Arlington County, Virginia, and is managed by the county government. The bus system provides service within Arlington County, and connects to Metrobus, nearby Was ...
, a bus service in Falls Church, Virginia, United States
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''George'' (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1806
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Kawanishi N1K-J, a Japanese fighter aircraft Allied codenamed "George"
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Pullman porter
Pullman porters were men hired to work for the railroads as Porter (railroad), porters on sleeping cars. Starting shortly after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeper cars. Their job was to carry ...
s, often referred to as "George"
Animals
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George (dog), a Jack Russell Terrier who defended children from a two-dog attack
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George (lobster)
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George (snail)
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Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise
Other uses
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George (club), a members club on Mount Street in London's Mayfair district
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George (fashion label), a clothing brand sold exclusively in Walmart and Asda stores
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George (vacuum cleaner)
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Greenhouse George
Operation Greenhouse was the fifth American nuclear test series, the second conducted in 1951 and the first to test principles that would lead to developing thermonuclear weapons (''hydrogen bombs''). Conducted at the new Pacific Proving Grou ...
, a nuclear bomb
See also
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Georg (disambiguation)
Georg may refer to:
* ''Georg'' (film), 1997
*Georg (musical), Estonian musical
* Georg (given name)
* Georg (surname)
* , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker
* Spiders Georg
"Spiders Georg" is an Internet meme that began circulating on the mic ...
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George Bridge (disambiguation) George Bridge may refer to:
People
* G.W. Bridge (George Washington Bridge) comics books character
* George Bridge (born 1995) New Zealand rugby union player
Facilities and Structures
* George Washington Bridge, bridge in New York City
** George W ...
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George Street (disambiguation) George Street may refer to:
People
:''Ordered chronologically''
*George Dixon Street (1812–1882), lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick
*George Edmund Street (1824–1881), English architect
*G. S. Street (George Slythe Street) (1 ...
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Lake George (disambiguation)
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List of hurricanes named Georges
The name Georges was used for two tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Hurricane Georges (1980) – Category 1 hurricane looped across the north Atlantic Ocean without causing any reported damage.
* Hurricane Georges (1998) – Category 4 ...
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Tropical Storm George (disambiguation)
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Georgi (disambiguation) Georgi may refer to:
* Georgi (given name)
* Georgi (surname)
See also
* Georgy (disambiguation)
* Georgii (disambiguation)
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Georgia (disambiguation)
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
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Georgie (disambiguation)
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Georgii (disambiguation)
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Georgina (disambiguation)
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Georgy (disambiguation) Georgy may refer to:
* Georgy (given name), a list of people with the Slavic masculine name Georgy, Georgi or Georgiy
* Georgy, the protagonist in '' Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song
** ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical based on the novel ''Georg ...
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Gorge (disambiguation)
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The George (disambiguation)
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