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4 comments to "Why Are Georgia (the State) and Georgia (the Country) Both Named Georgia?"
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Ania
August 18th, 2008 at
3:53 am
in Polish: Georgia (the country) = Gruzja

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Dan245742
August 18th, 2008 at
9:22 am
Georgia or Georegia
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Paul in Boca
August 18th, 2008 at
2:56 pm
Dan,
That punch line was stolen from John Stewart
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=179655&title=rec ap-week-of-8/11/08&tag=generic_tag_barack_obama&itemId=108470at the 1:30 mark
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PresidenToor
August 19th, 2008 at
12:24 pm
Interstingly the word Gurjara or Gujar is used to describe the people of Afghanistan/Pakistan/Kashmir/India who are also tillers of the land or tenders of the flock. In fact that’s all they do, to this day… it doesn’t even have to be their land or their flock, often they are hired for that job specifically.
In Indian they are known as Gujar, and in Persian they are known as Gurj. It’s likely the transference of the name occured when the Persian invaded and occupied India.
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