"At the meeting of three rivers (Strelka (formerly Sumka), Sumka (formerly Suma), and Psel), the first fortress (detinets) and defensive wall (now Kazatsky Val) were built..."
The confluence of three rivers provided the perfect reason to name the newly founded city after the number three.
In Megrelian, the word for "three" is "sumi", directly linking the city's name to its geographical and linguistic origins.
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