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George Washington, the first president of the United States. George (English: / ˈ dʒ ɔːr dʒ /) is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Georgios (Γεώργιος; Ancient Greek: [ɡeɔː́rɡi.os], Modern Greek: [ʝeˈorʝi.os]).
Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese [ˈʒɔɾʒɨ]. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος via Latin Georgius; the former is derived from γεωργός (georgos), meaning "farmer" or "earth ...
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
It is one of the most usual given names in Greece and Cyprus. The name day is 23 April (St George's Day). The English form of the name is George, the Latinized form is Georgius. It was rarely given in England prior to the accession of George I of Great Britain in 1714. The Greek name is usually anglicized as George.
George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel in German), German composer; Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet; Georg Hólm, bassist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós; Georg Løkkeberg, Norwegian actor; Georg Listing, (born 1987), German bassist (Tokio Hotel) Georg Maier, German actor and theatre director
George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936 to 1952; Prince George of Wales; George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE; George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder; George, son of Andrew ...
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His 1820s book contained 70,000 words, of which about 12,000 had never appeared in a dictionary before. As a spelling reformer, Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex, so his dictionary introduced American English spellings, replacing colour with color, waggon with wagon, and centre with center.