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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
2. 2
   A Georgian person.

Adjective

1. 1
   pertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian. not-comparable
2. 2
   same as Georgian (language or ethnicity) not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people.

Synonyms

All synonyms

georgiangeorgiankartvelkartvelsouth caucasiansouth caucasian

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.

Related phrases

south caucasus

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.