Sakartvelo

English 2026 May 26 Georgia 2011 335 (5681461020).jpg The flag of Georgia. 2024-05-04 View of Tbilisi from Mikhail Tverskoy church.jpg A view of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Etymology en ka საქართველო, from en oge საქართველო, from oge ქართველი (adjective) of Georgian descent; (noun) person from Georgia + oge სა- -ო circumfix forming words relating to the concept or thing which the stem to which it is attached refers. oge ქართველი is ultimately derived from en ccs-pro *kart- eastern Georgia; Georgian people (whence oge ქართლი Kartli, historical region of Georgia in the central and eastern part of the country). Pronunciation en /ˌsɑːkɑːtˈvɛləʊ/ RP en /ˌsɑkɑɹtˈvɛloʊ/ GA en en ɛləʊ 4 en Sa kart velo Proper noun en chiefly in Georgian contexts rare en Georgia en a transcontinental <<country>> in the <<r/Caucasus>> region of <<cont/Europe>> and <<cont/Asia>>, on the coast of the Black Sea Tbilisi Q230. en 1991 Mary Russell Heart without Fear Please Don’t Call It Soviet Georgia: A Journey through a Troubled Paradise London Serpent’s Tail 251 https://archive.org/details/pleasedontcallit0000russ/page/251/mode/1up 978-1-85242-216-5 A party of men joined us and soon the toasts began – to Sakartvelo, to Ireland, to me, to them. We drank from horns and I managed to empty both mine without pausing for breath. en 1992 Vladimir Pozner [Jr.] Monday, August 19, 1991 Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union New York, N.Y. w:Random House 83 https://archive.org/details/eyewitnessperson00pozn/page/83/mode/1up 978-0-679-41202-1 God looked down and saw the people of Sakartvelo. "Holy cow," thought God (or words to that effect), "I completely forgot about those people. If I don't give them something, they are going to make a terrible nuisance of themselves." en 1994 w:Mariam Lortkipanidze Georgia in the XI–XII Centuries Essays on Georgian History Tbilisi, Georgia Publishing House “Metsniereba” 49 https://archive.org/details/essaysongeorgian0000lort/page/49/mode/1up 978-5-520-01547-5 While previously there had been independent early feudal political units (the Egris-Abkhazian kingdom, the Kartvelian (Tao-Klarjeti), Kakheti and Hereti kingdoms, and the Tbilisi emirate), and the struggle for the country's unification had been waged between these kingdoms at the end of the tenth century the Georgian lands began to amalgamate around Sakartvelo (united Georgia). en 2012 Marina Cincabadze Queen Ketevan and the Christian Culture Jeremy P. Ruther Foundations of Religion Religion and Spirituality New York, N.Y. w:Nova Science Publishers 111 https://archive.org/details/foundationsofrel0000unse/page/111/mode/1up 978-1-61324-257-5 As to the Kartvelian/Georgian culture specifically, as R. Tvardze put it, "The fact that Sakartvelo/Georgia happened to join the Christian orbital has had an enormous impact on the spiritual molding of the Georgian nation." Related terms en Kartvelian Translations synonym of Georgia Georgia Further reading Georgia (country) en Georgia