Tbilisi

Proper noun

Tbilisi

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 […]2025 February 26, “USAID’s Troubling Ties to the Left’s Dark Money Network”, in Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, page 2

   Synonyms:

   Tiflis

2. (metonymically) The government of Georgia.
   • T'bilisi said guerillas^([sic]) it did not control were involved in fighting on the Georgian side.2002, Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook, page 632
   • In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia, →ISBN, page 184