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SUDAN
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SUDAN

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

To understand that "Sudan(i)" is an adjective derived from the root "sudi," one doesn’t need much imagination. And "sudi" is, …

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MOZAMBIQUE
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MOZAMBIQUE

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

The name "Mozambique" is also of Georgian origin . The word "zambaki" refers to a pearl mollusk , while "zambiki" (as document…

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AFRICA
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AFRICA

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

The word "Africa" lacks a definitive etymology. However, it ends with the Kartvelian toponymic suffix "-ika" , which appears in the name o…

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FELUCCA
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FELUCCA

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

Did you know that the famous Egyptian sailing boat, the felucca , has an almost identical counterpart in Megrelia — "ფილუკა" (philuka)? The Megrelia…

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PAPYRUS
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PAPYRUS

Che Tosco May 29, 2025

The pair "პატული = ფათური" from Otari Kajaia’s dictionary demonstrates that the Georgian letters "პ" and "ფ" can be interchang…

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SAMBUMBE
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SAMBUMBE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

And another rare word from the Spanish dictionary is "sambumbe", a vegetable dish made from bananas or pumpkin. In the historical dictionary of Malaw…

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SAMBAMBE
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SAMBAMBE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

There is a Spanish word "sambambe" meaning "fight, scrap". If this is the Kartvelian construction with "sa-", then the root that …

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CORSICA
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CORSICA

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The name Corsica , when viewed through the etymological lens of the Between Two Iberias project, invites a striking comparison with Lazica , the ancient Kartv…

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ZOUAVE
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ZOUAVE

Che Tosco March 22, 2025

"Zouave" is a French infantryman of the colonial (North African) troops. Named so after one of the Kabyle tribes (indigenous Berber population Algeri…

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NILE
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NILE

Che Tosco March 14, 2025

Since "na" (ნა) means "reed" in Georgian, then "nili" would be a passive participle which would impeccably mean "reeded"…

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CONGO (LUBA) TOPONYMS IN GEORGIAN SURNAMES
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CONGO (LUBA) TOPONYMS IN GEORGIAN SURNAMES

Che Tosco March 14, 2025

Bumba – Bumbadze Demba – Dembashvili Ituri – Ituridze Kamina – Kaminashvili, Kangela – Kangeladze Kasai – Kasaidze Lomami – Lomamidze Lulua – Luluashvili Moba …

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WORLD TOPONYMS IN TODAY'S GEORGIAN SURNAMES
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WORLD TOPONYMS IN TODAY'S GEORGIAN SURNAMES

Che Tosco March 14, 2025

Agula, (Ethiopia) – Agulashvili Adola (Ethiopia) – Adolashvili Aqaba (Jordan) – Akabashvili Akola (India) – Akolashvili Akula (Congo) – Akulashvili Albuta (Rom…

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GEORGIAN SURNAMES' ROOTS IN TODAY'S TOPONYMS: AFRICA
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GEORGIAN SURNAMES' ROOTS IN TODAY'S TOPONYMS: AFRICA

Che Tosco March 14, 2025

Altuna (Bantu word), Babela (Congo), Babila (Guinea), Bazura (Ethiopia), Bakara (Somalia), Bakola (Central Africa), Barama (Gabon), Barata (Kenya), Batna (Alge…

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PTOLEMY'S TOPONYMS AS GEORGIAN SURNAMES' ROOTS: AFRICA
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PTOLEMY'S TOPONYMS AS GEORGIAN SURNAMES' ROOTS: AFRICA

Che Tosco March 14, 2025

Abdira – Abdirashvili Vasana – Vasanashvili Galiba – Galibashvili Gerba – Gerbashvili Dulia – Duliashvili Durga – Durgashvili Karaga – Karagashvili Longa – Lon…

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SAHARA
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SAHARA

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

It is necessary to look at this most important world toponym from the Kartvelian point of view, since the initial letter combination "Sa-" requires i…

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SATACHTUM
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SATACHTUM

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

A little further downstream from the city of Sacolca, Ptolemy's map shows another toponym with a Kartvelian name - Satachtum. Since "takhti" in G…

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SANYANG
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SANYANG

Che Tosco March 08, 2025

An incredible toponym Sanyang exists in Gambia as a village. Its incredibleness lies in the fact that the Kartvelian prefix "Sa-", used to construct …

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SALOLIME
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SALOLIME

Che Tosco March 08, 2025

On the well-known ancient Roman map Tabula Peutingeriana, in the area of ​​the Crimean Isthmus, there is a toponym "Salolime" - "the place of lo…

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SACOLCA
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SACOLCA

Che Tosco March 07, 2025

One of the most remarkable Kartvelian toponyms in the ancient world is the city of Sacolca , marked on Ptolemy’s map in Nubia (modern-day Sudan). In the accomp…

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PHOTIS
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PHOTIS

Che Tosco March 07, 2025

Opposite the ancient Egyptian city of Aswan, which itself is a unique Kartvelian toponym of the ancient world, in the time of Ptolemy there was the city of Pho…

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