Georgify

English Etymology From en Georgian ify. Verb to make Georgian en 1992 FBIS Report: Central Eurasia Since that time they have been constantly trying to Georgify Abkhazia. en 2006 Acta Slavica Iaponica Vostorgov, a conservative cleric with administrative experience in the Caucasus, argued that he could cite numerous examples "of the crudest efforts to Georgify the Abkhazians and Оssetians, I could point to tens of parishes and schools in which Georgian is being forcibly imposed." en 2013 Sten Berglund The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe Edward Elgar Publishing 9781782545880 777 In regards to Adjaria, authorities in Tbilisi invested extraordinary effort into Georgifying names and prohibiting religious customs, causing the Muslim inhabitants of the region to increasingly identify themselves as Georgian (Derluguian 1998). Derived terms en Georgification