Jawjah

English

Alternative forms

• Jawjuh

Pronunciation

• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔʊ.dʒə/

Proper noun

Jawjah

1. Pronunciation spelling of Georgia, representing Southern US English.
   • 1867 October, The Atlantic Monthly, volume XX, page 468:

     The janitor of the College to which I went directed me to a boarding-house, where I engaged a small, third-story room, which I afterwards shared with Mr. Chaucer of Jawjah, as he called the State which he had the honor to represent.