Tbilisi

//təˈbɪ.lɪ.si// name

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  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."

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capital of georgiatiflistiflis

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"With the help of a reference grammar of the Georgian language, Tom was eventually able to puzzle out even the few non-international traffic signs outside the two cities of Tbilisi and Kutaisi."

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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