Tbilisi

//təˈbɪ.lɪ.si// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of the country of Georgia.

    "Giorgi Labadze, an American studies professor at the Tbilisi State University in the European country of Georgia, has raised alarms that the Civic Education Program […]"

  2. 2
    The government of Georgia. metonymically

    "T'bilisi said guerillas^([sic]) it did not control were involved in fighting on the Georgian side."

Etymology

From Russian Тбили́си (Tbilísi) and Georgian თბილისი (Tbilisi), variant of Old Georgian ტფილისი (Ṭpilisi), from ტფილი (ṭpili, “warm”) + -ისი (-isi).

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