- Georgia, Strait of
- geographical name channel 150 miles (241 kilometers) long NW Washington & SW British Columbia between S Vancouver Island & mainland NW of Puget Sound
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Georgia, Strait of
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Georgia,Strait of — Georgia, Strait of A channel between Vancouver Island, Canada, and mainland British Columbia and northern Washington State. Part of the Inland Passage to Alaska, the strait links Puget Sound with Queen Charlotte Sound. * * * … Universalium
Georgia, Strait of — Channel in the Pacific Ocean, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Located between Vancouver Island, the southwestern mainland of British Columbia, and northwestern Washington state, it is 150 mi (241 km) long and 30 mi (28 km) at its widest … Universalium
Georgia Strait — Lage östlich von Vancouver Island Die Straße von Georgia (auch Georgiastraße, seltener Golf von Georgia) ist eine rund 240 km lange und 25 bis 30 km breite Wasserstraße des Pazifischen Ozeans im südwestlichen Teil British Columbias, die das… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Georgia — Georgia1 [jôr′jə] n. a feminine name; dim. Georgie: see GEORGE1 Georgia2 [jôr′jə] 1. [after GEORGE II] Southern state of the SE U.S.: one of the 13 original states; 57,906 sq mi (149,976 sq km); pop. 8,186,000; cap. Atlanta: abbrev. GA or Ga 2.… … English World dictionary
Strait of Georgia — The Strait of Georgia or the Georgia Strait [http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn bin/bcg10?name=6050] (also known as the Gulf of Georgia), is a strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of… … Wikipedia
Georgia — /jawr jeuh/, n. 1. a state in the SE United States. 5,464,265; 58,876 sq. mi. (152,489 sq. km). Cap.: Atlanta. Abbr.: GA (for use with zip code), Ga. 2. Also called Georgian Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, bordering on the Black Sea, N of… … Universalium
strait — straitly, adv. straitness, n. /strayt/, n. 1. Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. 2. Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need: Ill and penniless, he was in sad… … Universalium
Georgia — has two principal meanings:* Georgia (country) * Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia may also refer to:Places* Georgia (country), previously known as: ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991), part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics **… … Wikipedia
Georgia Lee (singer) — Georgia Lee (died 23 April 2010) was a jazz and blues singer from Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Born as Dulcie Rama Pitt, her father was of Jamaican descent and her mother was Indian, Australian Aboriginal, Islander and Scottish.[1] With her… … Wikipedia
