Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in , United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C, and the nation's first federally chartered university.
  • University
  • …lies at an elevation of 144 feet (44 metres)
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by Georgetown University
  • Description: private university in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Address: 3700 O Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20057
  • Also known as
    “College of Georgetown in the District of Columbia”
    “George Town College”
    “Georgetown College in the District of Columbia”
    “Georgetown Seminary”
    “GU”
    “Old Georgetown College”
    “University of Georgetown”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Georgetown University Jesuit Community Cemetery and Cooper Field.
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The Jesuit Community Cemetery on the campus…
, formerly known as Harbin Field and… is situated 440 feet southwest of Georgetown University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Foxhall.
is a neighborhood in ’s Northwest quadrant.
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Latitude
38.90887° or 38° 54′ 32″ north
Longitude
-77.07416° or 77° 4′ 27″ west
Open location code
87C4WW5G+G8
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Georgetown University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة جورج تاون”
  • Arabic: “جامعة جورجتون”
  • Arabic: “جامعة جيورجتيون”
  • Arabic: “جامعه جورجتاون”
  • Armenian: “Ջորջթաունի համալսարան”
  • Asturian: “Universidá de Georgetown”
  • Azerbaijani: “Corctaun Universiteti”
  • Basque: “Georgetown Unibertsitatea”
  • Basque: “Georgetown University”
  • Basque: “Georgetowngo Unibertsitatea”
  • Belarusian: “Джорджтаўнскі ўніверсітэт”
  • Belarusian: “Джорджтаўнскі ўнівэрсытэт”
  • Belarusian: “унівэрсытэт Джорджтаўну”
  • Bengali: “জর্জটাউন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়”
  • Bulgarian: “Джорджтаунски университет”
  • Burmese: “ဂျော့ဂျ်တောင်း တက္ကသိုလ်”
  • Catalan: “Universitat de Georgetown”
  • Central Kurdish: “زانکۆی جۆرج تاون”
  • Chinese: “乔治城大学”
  • Chinese: “乔治敦大学”
  • Chinese: “佐治城大學”
  • Chinese: “喬治城大學”
  • Chinese: “喬治敦大學”
  • Croatian: “Sveučilište Georgetown”
  • Czech: “Georgetownská univerzita”
  • Danish: “Georgetown University”
  • Dutch: “Georgetown-universiteit”
  • Dutch: “Universiteit van Georgetown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامعة جورجتاون”
  • Esperanto: “Universitato Georgetown”
  • Estonian: “Georgetowni Ülikool”
  • Finnish: “Georgetownin yliopisto”
  • French: “Université de Georgetown”
  • Galician: “Universidade de Georgetown”
  • Georgian: “ჯორჯტაუნის უნივერსიტეტი”
  • German: “Georgetown University”
  • German: “Georgetown-Universität”
  • German: “Universität Georgetown”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Τζόρτζταουν”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο Τζώρτζταουν”
  • Greek: “Πανεπιστήμιο του Τζώρτζταουν”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת ג’ורג’טאון”
  • Hungarian: “Georgetowni Egyetem”
  • Inari Sami: “Georgetown ollâopâttâh”
  • Indonesian: “Universitas Georgetown”
  • Interlingua: “Universitate de Georgetown”
  • Irish: “Ollscoil Georgetown”
  • Italian: “Università di Georgetown”
  • Japanese: “ジョージ・タウン大学”
  • Kazakh: “Джорджтаун университеті”
  • Korean: “조지타운 대학”
  • Korean: “조지타운 대학교”
  • Kurdish: “Zanîngeha Georgetownê”
  • Latin: “Collegii Georgiopolitam”
  • Latin: “Collegium Georgiopolitanum Ad Ripas Potomaci in Marylandia”
  • Latin: “Collegium Georgiopolitanum”
  • Latin: “Universitas Georgiopolitana”
  • Latvian: “Džordžtaunas universitāte”
  • Lithuanian: “Džordžtauno universitetas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Georgetown University”
  • Macedonian: “Џорџтаунски универзитет”
  • Manx: “Ollooscoill Georgetown”
  • Mongolian: “Жоржтауны их сургууль”
  • Northern Sami: “Georgetown universitehta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Georgetown College”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Georgetown University”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Georgetown-universitetet”
  • Norwegian: “Georgetown University”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Universitat de Georgetown”
  • Ossetian: “Джорджтауны университет”
  • Papiamento: “Universidat di Georgetown”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه جرج‌تاون”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه جورج‌تاون”
  • Polish: “Georgetown University”
  • Polish: “Uniwersytet Georgetown”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade de Georgetown”
  • Portuguese: “Universidade Georgetown”
  • Pushto: “جورج ټاون پوهنتون”
  • Romanian: “Universitatea Georgetown”
  • Russian: “Джорджтаунский университет”
  • Russian: “Университет Джорджтауна”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Oilthigh Georgetown”
  • Serbian: “Универзитет Џорџтаун”
  • Skolt Sami: “Georgetown universiteʹtt”
  • Slovenian: “georgetownska univerza”
  • Slovenian: “Univerza Georgetown”
  • Slovenian: “Univerza v Georgetownu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جورج‌تاون بیلیم‌یوردو”
  • Spanish: “La Universidad de Georgetown”
  • Spanish: “Universidad de Georgetown”
  • Swedish: “Georgetown University”
  • Swedish: “Georgetownuniversitetet”
  • Tagalog: “Georgetown University”
  • Tagalog: “Unibersidad ng Georgetown”
  • Tajik: “Донишгоҳи Ҷорҷтаун”
  • Tamil: “ஜார்ஜ்டவுன் பல்கலைக்கழகம்”
  • Tatar: “Җорҗтаун университеты”
  • Turkish: “Georgetown Üniversitesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джорджтаунський університет”
  • Urdu: “جارج ٹاؤن یونیورسٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Georgetown universiteti”
  • Uzbek: “Georgetown university”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại học Georgetown”
  • Vietnamese: “Trường đại học Georgetown”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Đại học Georgetown”
  • Welsh: “Prifysgol Georgetown”
  • Western Armenian: “«Ճորճթաուն» համալսարան”
  • Western Panjabi: “جارج ٹاؤن یونیورسٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “乔治城大学”
  • Yiddish: “דזשארדזשטאן אוניווערסיטעט”
  • “Georgetown”

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