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CAFA
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CAFA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

The word ყაფ(ა)რი, which was discussed in the previous article, is written through the letter ფ, an analogue of the ancient Greek "ph" in the sense t…

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TARANA
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TARANA

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

The Ptolemy's map of Crimea (2nd century AD) tells of disappeared cities that are related not only to the history of Crimea and Ukraine, but also to Georgi…

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TAURIA
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TAURIA

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

The Russian-language authors have repeatedly invented non-existent nations, being unable to adequately transliterate their names from Greek. In addition to &q…

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SEVASTOPOL
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SEVASTOPOL

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

The word "Sevastopol", like the name "Sebastian", has the same root as the ancient Sebaste, as well as a whole series of toponyms around th…

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SATARCHE
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SATARCHE

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

One of the most popular ways in the Georgian language to make a construction according to the model "where <root> is" or "place of <roo…

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PUTAMITSA
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PUTAMITSA

Che Tosco March 07, 2025

The name of this small Crimean river not far from Artek with a probability of ninety-eight percent comes from the Greek word "ποταμιτσα" [potamitsa] …

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PILYAKI
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PILYAKI

Che Tosco March 07, 2025

Another Kartvelian toponym near Katsiveli and Mukhalatka on the southern coast of Crimea is Mount Pilyaki, the name of which in the Chubinashvili dictionary (ფ…

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MSHATKA
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MSHATKA

Che Tosco March 06, 2025

This is the old name of the Crimean resort of Sanatornoe. According to Peter Pallas, who explored these places in the 18th century, it was then called Pshatka.…

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MUHALATKA
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MUHALATKA

Che Tosco March 06, 2025

Near the village of Katsiveli on the southern coast of Crimea there is the village of Muhalatka. The toponym is notable not only for its Zan suffix "-at&…

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LAGIRA
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LAGIRA

Che Tosco March 05, 2025

The name of the ancient Crimean city Lagira on a Ptolemy's map is interesting for Kartvelology because this toponym is present in the Georgian surname Lagi…

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CRIMEA
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CRIMEA

Che Tosco March 04, 2025

The ancient city of Kremnoi (Kremni) on the shores of the Sea of ​​Azov comes from the Greek word "kremnos", which in dictionaries is defined as a mo…

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KREMNIOI
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KREMNIOI

Che Tosco March 04, 2025

Herodotus reports that the city of Kremnoi on the Ukrainian coast of the Sea of ​​Azov was the eastern border of the settlement area of ​​the Royal Scythians. …

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KATSIVELI
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KATSIVELI

Che Tosco March 04, 2025

One of the most impeccable Kartvelian toponyms in Crimea is the name of the village of Katsiveli on the southern coast. The word is an adjective derived from …

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GARMATI TAURIANI
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GARMATI TAURIANI

Che Tosco March 04, 2025

A stunning and impeccably Kartvelian toponym has been sitting in the Primary Chronicle for a thousand years, In this fundamental source the mountainous Crimea …

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BALAKLAVA & BALAKLIA
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BALAKLAVA & BALAKLIA

Che Tosco March 03, 2025

Balaklava is a village in the very Kartvelian Crimea. The ending "-ava" is typical of Megrelian surnames. Balaklia is a town in the Kharkov region, …

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ASKETI
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ASKETI

Che Tosco March 03, 2025

Above Balaklava, which itself shows a very Kartvelian root in its name, rises Mount Asketi, that translates from Kartvelian as "land of aski". The r…

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