ga

Noun
  1. The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936;
    A highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare (synset 115090692)
    is a type of: organophosphate nerve agent - any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds
    same as: tabun
  2. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element;
    Brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature;
    Occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores (synset 114662434)
    is a type of: metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
    substance meronym: bauxite - a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
    same as: atomic number 31, gallium
  3. A state in southeastern United States;
    One of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (synset 109098347)
    domain member region: kennesaw mountain - battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • albany - a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans
    • atlanta, capital of georgia - state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
    • athens - a university town in northeast Georgia
    • augusta - a city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournaments
    • macon - a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta
    • oxford - a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner
    • savannah - a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river
    • valdosta - a town in southern Georgia near the Florida border
    • vidalia - a town in central Georgia; the origin of Vidalia onions
    • chattahoochee, chattahoochee river - a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
    • coosa, coosa river - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
    • flint, flint river - a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
    • okefenokee swamp - a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia
    • tallapoosa, tallapoosa river - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • south - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
    • deep south - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
    same as: empire state of the south, ga., georgia, peach state

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