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Georgetown

proper noun

  1. place name
  2. private Jesuit university in Washington, D.C.
  3. city section of Washington, D.C.
  4. capital of Guyana
  5. city in and county seat of Williamson County, Texas
  6. town in and county seat of Georgetown County, South Carolina
  7. city in Kentucky
  8. capital of the Cayman Islands
  9. capital and chief settlement of Ascension Island
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒtaʊn/

name

Etymology: From George + town.

  1. The capital city of Guyana; named for George III of the United Kingdom.
  2. A town in Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  3. The capital city of Ascension Island; named for George III.

    “She comes onto the single road intersecting Georgetown, and notes that every single building, including the Anglican church, has been prefabricated, fitted together like three-dimensional jigsaws from block pieces carried over the sea.”

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    “Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.”

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  45. Georgetown University.