Saint George

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

English

Etymology

Named after Saint George (died 303).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ
• Hyphenation: Saint George

Proper noun

Saint George

2. (Christianity) Patron saint of England and several other places; legendary killer of a dragon.

   Alternative forms: St George, St. George

3. Numerous parishes; in full, Saint George Parish:
   2. A parish of Antigua and Barbuda.
   4. A parish of Barbados.
   6. A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
   7. A parish of Dominica.
   8. A parish of Grenada.
   9. A parish of Jamaica.
   11. A parish of Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Capital: Kingstown.

Derived terms

• Saint George Gingerland
• Saint George Parish
• Saint George's Day

Related terms

• Saint Georges
• Saint-Georges-sur-Loire
• St. George's Cross
• Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

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

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, 2011–present.
• “Saint George”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Saint George”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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