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Tbilisi

Tbilisi

5 4.7
The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura River in the southeast of the country
  • proper noun
  • /tɪˈbiliːsi/
: Tiflis
  • Last November's declaration of a state of emergency in Tbilisi.
  • Tbilisi Declaration
  • Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
  • Tbilisi State University

Examples

  • My primary assignment was to lecture at Tbilisi State University in the Departments of Pedagogy and Psychology.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Important cities served through this airport are Volgograd, Yerevan, Kiev, Lvov, Odessa, Rostov, Tbilisi, and Donetsk.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Are you coming from Tbilisi?

    Landmine Goes Click (2015)

  • 'Whereas the government in Tbilisi claims their troops... '

    5 Days of War (2011)

  • All troops are to fall back and report to defend Tbilisi.

    5 Days of War (2011)

  • Tbilisi, Georgia - August 6, 2008

    5 Days of War (2011)

  • In response to the demonstrations, the Tbilisi government rejected the intended amendment to the Soviet constitution.

    Academic text (1997)

  • (woman): Russia's pouring more troops into the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

    Red Dawn (2012)

  • I was also able to tour the Republic and visit many schools and the three pedagogical institutes in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Televi.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Are you coming from Tbilisi?

Synonyms

Tiflis
vsTbilisi
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old name for Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia

is the modern official name used today rather than the older form

Surface Forms

Tbilisi main

Etymology

Tbilisi comes from the Georgian word tbili, meaning 'warm', because the city grew around hot springs. One popular story says a king's hunting falcon fell into a hot spring. So Tbilisi basically means 'warm place', which helps you remember the city.