PAMPLONA & PAMPHULIA

The name of the capital of Navarre is included in the list of potential kartvelisms only in its alternative spelling - "Pomplona", under which the city is mentioned, for example, in the "Jewish Encyclopedia".

In this case, the Laz trademark toponymic ending "-ona", used to form the names of countries, is adjacent to the stem "pompl-", which is present in the Georgian dictionary in the word "pomple" (ფომფლე), translated, among other ways, as "free", "spacious" (clothing). Thus, the name of the city could well reflect the peculiarity of dressing. The same root is possibly present in the name of the ancient Anatolian region of Pamphulia (ფომფული seems an utterly Georgian adjective).