Difference between revisions of "Gorgios"
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* '''Georgians:''' the inhabitants of the American state of Georgia | * '''Georgians:''' the inhabitants of the American state of Georgia | ||
| − | * '''Georgian:''' indicative of the architecture prevalent during the reigns | + | * '''Georgian:''' indicative of the architecture prevalent during the reigns of the English monarchs George I - George IV (1714-1830) → much of Dublin city's architecture is Georgian |
* '''Giorgio Joyce:''' James Joyce's son | * '''Giorgio Joyce:''' James Joyce's son | ||
Revision as of 08:48, 3 August 2008
- gorgeous
- gorge → cf. isthmus
- gorgo: (Italian) whirlpool, sink → connects this, the second of seven clauses in this paragraph, with "Eve" (French: évier, "sink"), the second of seven elements in the first paragraph → the 2nd of 7 elements in a second circuit of HCE's bedroom
- gorgio: (Romani) youngster; a non-Roma
- Gorgias: ancient Greek master of rhetoric who had a special dexterity with puns (see his defense of Helen of Troy); Gorgias is also the title of one of Plato's dialogues which features the rhetorician
- Georgians: the inhabitants of the American state of Georgia
- Georgian: indicative of the architecture prevalent during the reigns of the English monarchs George I - George IV (1714-1830) → much of Dublin city's architecture is Georgian
- Giorgio Joyce: James Joyce's son
