Gori
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Gori
- A city in eastern Georgia, the regional capital of the Shida Kartli region.
- 1613, Samuel Purchas, “ Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. , London: William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, , →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 292:
- The Georgians (girt in with two mightie aduerſaries, the Perſian, and the Turke) haue endured mcuh grieuance from them both: and, in the late warres, eſpecially from the Turke, who hath taken and fortified many of their principall places of importance, Gori, Cliſca, Lori, Tomanis, Teflis, the chiefe citie of Georgia, vnto which from Derbent there yet remaine the foundation of a high and thicke wall built by Alexander.
Translations
a city in eastern Georgia
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Gori (plural Goris)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gori is the 38103rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 582 individuals. Gori is most common among White (85.22%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gori”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gori m or f by sense
- a surname
References
- ^ Gori in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)