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Colchis
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English
thumb|250px|Historical map of Colchis
Alternative forms
en Kolkhis
Etymology
From en grc Κολχίς.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Colchis.wav US
Proper noun
en Q183150en historical en A <<historical region>> and <<ancient>> Georgian <<kingdom>> on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between <<cont/Europe,Asia>>, corresponding to what is now western <<c:also/Georgia>> as well as parts of <<c/Russia,Turkey>>.
Related terms
Colchian
Colchidian
Translations
Q183150 ancient region and kingdom
Armenian: hy Կողքիս, hy Կոլխիդա
Old Armenian: xcl Կողքիս
Danish: da Kolchis
Dutch: nl Colchis n
French: fr Colchide f
Georgian: ka კოლხეთი, ka კოლხა, ka ლაზიკა, ka ეგრისი
German: de Kolchis
Greek: el Κολχίδα f, el Κολχίς f
Ancient Greek: grc Κολχίς f
Hindi: hi कोल्खिस
Hungarian: hu Kolkhisz
Irish: ga Colcas m
Italian: it Colchide f
Latin: la Colchis f
Laz: lzz კოლხეთი
Polish: pl Kolchida f
Portuguese: pt Cólquida f
Romanian: ro Colchis n, ro Colchida f
Russian: ru Колхи́да f
Spanish: es Cólquide f, es Cólquida f
Swedish: sv Kolchis, sv Kolkis
Turkish: tr Kolhis, tr Kolha, tr Kolheti, tr Kolhida
See also
en Iberia
en Egrisi
en Lazica
Anagrams
en cchilos cholics
Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed from nl la Colchis, from nl grc Κολχῐ́ς.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkɔl.xɪs/
nl Col chis
Proper noun
n
nl Colchis Q183150
Latin
Etymology
la Colchis :bor grc:Κολχῐ́ς + 1
Pronunciation
Colchis
Proper noun
Colchis/Colchid<3.I> f
la Colchis Q183150
a Colchian woman
la Hor. Epodes 16 58
Declension
Colchis/Colchid<3.I>
References