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Georgetown (Former city in the District)

a former city in the District of Columbia, on the Potomac river; since 1878 part of the city of Washington. It is the seat of Georgetown University, a Jesuit institution with a noted astronomical observatory.

Georgetown is one of the greatest fishmarkets in the country and has over 50 flour mills. See WASHINGTON (city).

GEORGETOWN (formerly the Dutch Stabroek), capital of British Guiana; on the Demerara river, not far from its mouth. It is handsomely built. The principal public edifices are the government building, the cathedral, the Queen's College, and a museum and library.

There is a good harbor, with a lighthouse, and defenses erected within recent years; the foreign trade is virtually that of the colony. See GUIANA, BRIT- ISH. Pop. (1918) 54,006.