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Sakartvelo

Syllables: Sa·kart·veloUK/ˌsɑːkɑːtˈvɛləʊ/US/ˌsɑkɑɹtˈvɛloʊ/

Sakartvelo proper noun: synonym of Georgia (“a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital: Tbilisi”).

Proper noun

Sakartvelo

  1. (rare) Synonym of Georgia (“a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital: Tbilisi”).
    • A party of men joined us and soon the toasts began – to Sakartvelo, to Ireland, to me, to them. We drank from horns and I managed to empty both mine without pausing for breath.1991, Mary Russell, “Heart without Fear”, in Please Don’t Call It Soviet Georgia: A Journey through a Troubled Paradise, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 251
    • God looked down and saw the people of Sakartvelo. "Holy cow," thought God (or words to that effect), "I completely forgot about those people. If I don't give them something, they are going to make a terrible nuisance of themselves."1992, Vladimir Pozner [Jr.], “Monday, August 19, 1991”, in Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 83
    Synonyms:
    Georgia

Synonyms of Sakartvelo

Origin of Sakartvelo

Borrowed from Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo), from Old Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo), from ქართველი (kartveli, “(adjective) of Georgian descent; (noun) person from Georgia”) + სა- -ო (sa- -o, circumfix forming words relating to the concept or thing which the stem to which it is attached refers). ქართველი (kartveli) is ultimately derived from Proto-Kartvelian *kart- (“eastern Georgia; Georgian people”) (whence ქართლი (kartli, “Kartli, historical region of Georgia in the central and eastern part of the country”)).

Words that rhyme with Sakartvelo

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Questions about Sakartvelo

What does Sakartvelo mean?
Sakartvelo means synonym of Georgia (“a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital: Tbilisi”).
What part of speech is Sakartvelo?
Sakartvelo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sakartvelo?
Sakartvelo is pronounced /ˌsɑːkɑːtˈvɛləʊ/ (UK).

Words near Sakartvelo in the dictionary

  1. sakali
  2. Sakamoto
  3. Sakamotos
  4. Sakania
  5. Sakar
  6. Sakartvelo
  7. Sakarya
  8. Sakas
  9. Sakasaki
  10. Sakasakis
  11. Sakashita

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