Previously, the Italian city of Udine used to be called "Udene", under which it appears in 983 as a gift from Emperor Otto II to the Aquileian Patriarchate. The word "Udene" is, without the slightest stretch, a pure Kartvelian abstract construction with a negative meaning "u + den + e". Since "dena" is translated from Georgian as "flow", "udene" is translated as "absence of flow" or, in short, "stagnation". What relation the word "stagnation" can have to the name of the city becomes clear on the shore of the Laguna di Marano located not far from Udine. This lagoon is characterized by a complete absence of flow, and therefore stagnation of water. The coincidence is complete both in form and in content.
UPDATE: our +120m research established that around 3200 years ago Udene was exactly on the coast of Laguna di Marano. Compare to the neighboring Marostica.
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