Talk:Names of Georgia

Etymology
Wikipedia is not a scientific or linguistic journal and it is not our place to be making assessments as to which theory is correct and which is not. We can only tell what we know, which is that the name is rather old, with murky history, and it has been interpreted differently and there is no definitive theory as to its provenance. Period.--Damianmx (talk) 02:49, 11 February 2016 (UTC) <--- CU blocked sock of LTA Satt 2

Georgia is a pre-Christian Persian name
Please read sources. It's derived from an ancient Persian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.118.203.212 (talk) 17:36, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Stop removing Persian origin of a name
Please discuss first and stop edit war! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.86.168.158 (talk) 19:18, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

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Lithuania switched already, please update
Please update lithuanian name switch for Georgia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.150.102 (talk) 06:08, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Which European language coined "Georgia"?
Anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.245.159.104 (talk) 13:44, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Pronunciation of Sakartvelo
Anyone can spell how exactly do we spell this name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.178.5.138 (talk) 00:13, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

It's Sah-Cart-Well-Oh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.178.5.80 (talk) 22:21, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Expansion of an article
This article is absolutely intriguingly interesting and deserves an even more expansion. Will bring some more great sources. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1017:B40A:91A5:7DC3:11F8:C642:5E10 (talk) 00:28, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Ἰβηρία
How was Ἰβηρία pronounced in Ancient Greek? Iberia or Iviria? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1017:B42E:7A66:F14C:6D90:8AB1:4CC7 (talk) 15:05, 23 April 2019 (UTC)


 * The first in the ancient period, the second in the medieval period... AnonMoos (talk) 09:57, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello AnonMoos Can you provide a source for that? That info and the word transformation should be added to the article. Thanks. -- 19:42, 15 May 2019 144.178.5.148


 * I'm sure that the changing pronunciations of the letters beta and eta in the Greek language are discussed in detail in articles such as Ancient Greek phonology etc... AnonMoos (talk) 11:07, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

User:AnonMoos Can you please provide a source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.113.66.100 (talk) 18:44, 30 November 2019 (UTC)


 * I cannot provide a source about the pronunciation of the word Ἰβηρία specifically. For the pronunciation of the Greek letters β and η in general, I'm sure that there are plenty of sources on the relevant articles, and you can look at them just as well as I can.  If you want the name of a book just to have the name of a book, then "Vox Graeca" W. Sidney Allen is one that I know about without looking things up. AnonMoos (talk) 10:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

What form of Georgia was first mentioned?
Was it Gorgania, Georginia or Giorgia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.113.66.100 (talk) 12:56, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Requested move 8 May 2020

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The result of the move request was: page moved (non-admin closure)  ~SS49~   {talk}  03:13, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Name of Georgia (country) → Names of Georgia (country) – Georgia has several different names. Emperor of Emperors (talk) 14:34, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support except that it still requires the disambiguator, i.e. Names of Georgia (country). Consistency with related articles such as Names of Japan. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 22:52, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello! Thanks, I forgot to put with disambiguation. Just added. Emperor of Emperors (talk) 23:35, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Support as per examples mentioned like Names of Japan, Names of China etc. ~Amkgp ( ✉ ) 02:41, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment Why are these articles about the naming of countries titled "Naming of [country]" unlike similar articles which are titled "Naming of [thing]"? I must be missing something. Llew Mawr (talk) 05:32, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per . Interstellarity (talk) 13:11, 13 May 2020 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Georgia is gurjistan which means it is land of gurjars
Gurjistan sounds similar to gurjar Gujjar which is a group in Northern India Pakistan Harshitbhati2006jik (talk) 07:08, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

"Etymology of Georgia" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Etymology of Georgia. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 16 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 11:55, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

vrkān
Some of the Armenian sources also referred to Georgia as vrkān alongside virk. Please expand on this too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.75.83.138 (talk) 14:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Repeated unexplained removal of content
IP editor(s) are repeatedly removing content without explanation. Most recent diff. This appears unconstructive as what's being removed includes referenced statements, "see also" links, pronunciation guide, image. I have posted warnings here and here. Two other editors have also been involved in reverting changes made by IPs. This is a space for discussion about whether the changes are warranted. Article may need protection if IP cannot clarify how their changes are constructive. Tacyarg (talk) 19:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

JOR-jə or JO-jə
JO-jə is British pronunciation. 2600:4040:9CE7:E700:58E8:8DC8:D9D7:4052 (talk) 17:25, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Stop removing the British English pronunciation. American English is not the only pronunciation of Georgia. Originally it is pronounced as JO-jə. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.14.88 (talk) 15:03, 2 November 2022 (UTC)


 * See WP:RHOTIC. Nardog (talk) 15:16, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Originally it was JO-jə. English language originally pronounces as JO-jə without R. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.14.88 (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Nardog, stop removing the original pronunciation of Georgia! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.14.88 (talk) 15:27, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Nardog, discuss here!!!! And stop neglecting English culture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.14.88 (talk) 15:33, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * There's nothing to discuss until you familiarize yourself with WP:BRD and WP:DIAPHONEMIC. Nardog (talk) 15:36, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Nardog, what was the original pronunciation of Georgia before American English? Please answer this simple question. It was JO-jə! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.14.88 (talk) 15:37, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * There are many rhotic varieties of English spoken in Britain, and the establishment of British colonies in North America predates the loss of syllable-final /r/ in southern England. Nardog (talk) 15:45, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Armenian [vəɾɑsˈtɑn]?
Is Armenian pronunciation vəɾɑsˈtɑn or vɾɑsˈtɑn? 2600:4040:9CE7:E700:B5DA:7525:FB13:F89C (talk) 21:21, 26 November 2022 (UTC)