the name of several towns in America, such, for instance, as Georgetown in Maryland, about 65 miles S.W. of Philadelphia; Georgetown in the county of Lincoln, and district of Maine, lying on both sides of Kennebeck river, 148 miles S.W. of Philadelphia, where the Roman Catholics have a very flourishing college: it is the name of a village in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where a number of boats are annually built; and of a post town in the district of the same name, where the Episcopalians, Baptists, and Methodists, have each a place of worship. It is also the name of a port of entry in South Carolina, situated on the Sampit river, 12 miles from the sea. It has a flourishing academy, where orphans and poor children are educated gratis.