Afghanistan vs George - What's the difference?
afghanistan | george |
A landlocked country in Central Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Capital: Kabul. Official languages: Persian (Dari), Pashto.
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* ~1594 William Shakespeare: Richard III : Act V, Scene III:
* 1830 (Mary Russell Mitford), Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
* 1977 (Joyce Grenfell), Nursery School:
or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).
* 1942 (Enid Blyton), ''(Five on a Treasure Island), Brockhampton Press (1974), ISBN 0340174927, page 18:
(slang, archaic) A coin with King George's profile.
As proper nouns the difference between afghanistan and george
is that afghanistan is afghanistan while george is .As a noun george is
(slang|archaic) a coin with king george's profile.afghanistan
English
(wikipedia Afghanistan)Alternative forms
* Affghanistan * (obsolete)Proper noun
(en proper noun)See also
* ----george
English
(wikipedia George)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George , / Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!
- George and Charles are unlucky in this respect; they have no diminutives, and what a mouthful of monosyllables they are! names royal too, and therefore unshortened. A king must be of a very rare class who could afford to be called by shorthand;
- George ... don't do that!
- 'No,' she said, 'I'm not Georgina.' 'Oh!' said Anne, in surprise. 'Then who are you?' 'I'm George',' said the girl. 'I shall only answer if you call me ' George . I hate being a girl.'
Derived terms
* (abbreviation)Noun
(en noun)- Take the Georges , Pew, and don’t stand here squalling. — Robert Louis Stevenson.