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.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: private university in Washington, D.C., United States
  • 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”, and “University of Georgetown”
  • Address: 3700 O Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20057
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Georgetown University Jesuit Community Cemetery and Cooper Field.

Cemetery
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The Jesuit Community Cemetery on the campus of Georgetown University in , is the final resting place for Jesuits who were affiliated with the university. It was first established in 1808 and was moved to its present location in 1854.

Pitch
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, formerly known as Harbin Field and Multi-Sport Field, is a 4,418-seat multi-purpose stadium in , on the campus of Georgetown University. is situated 440 feet southwest of Georgetown University.

Hospital
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is one of the area's oldest academic teaching hospitals. It is a not-for-profit, acute care teaching and research facility located in the neighborhood of the … is situated 1,000 feet north of Georgetown University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in ’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.

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is a neighborhood in , south of and west of . It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Suburb
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is a heavily urbanized neighborhood in northeastern , United States. It is in , north of and directly across the from and in encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North and Radnor/Ft.

Georgetown University

Latitude
38.90887° or 38° 54′ 32″ north
Longitude
-77.07416° or 77° 4′ 27″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Operator
Georgetown University
Open location code
87C4WW5G+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 66678720
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
4138892
Wiki­data ID
Q333886
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Georgetown University” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامعة جورج تاون”
  • Arabic: “جامعة جورجتاون”
  • 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: “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”
  • Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת גורגטאון”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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 جرج تاون”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه جرجتاون”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه جرج‌تاون”
  • Persian: “دانشگاه جورج تاون”
  • 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”
  • Tamil: “ஜோர்ஜ்டவுன் 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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