Poti

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A port city in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast; built near the site of the ancient Greek colony of Phasis.

    "The steamers of the Russian Steam Navigation Company ply between Constantinople and Poti. Travellers change at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river Rion."

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"The steamers of the Russian Steam Navigation Company ply between Constantinople and Poti. Travellers change at Batoum into a steamer which performs the service between that port and Poti, and which has a less draught of water to enable it to cross the bar of the river Rion."

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ფოთი (poti).

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