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NOGAYS
ukraine

NOGAYS

Che Tosco March 20, 2025

Kuban is full of the black soil. The Nogays people belong, to a large extent, to Kuban. The word ნოღაი (nogai) is "Nogays" in Georgian, while ნოღა…

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ALANS
ukraine

ALANS

Che Tosco March 20, 2025

The first interpretation of this word referred to ალი (flame-colored). Alans indeed are known to have been red-haired blondes). But there is also an alternati…

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NOKHCHI
north caucasus

NOKHCHI

Che Tosco March 19, 2025

Look at the spears that are being broken over the Chechen "self-designation" Nokhchi on Internet. Here you have "cheese", and "plow&qu…

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ZIKHI/ZUGI
north caucasus

ZIKHI/ZUGI

Che Tosco March 19, 2025

Zikhi are the same pirate people of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, which the Apsua attribute to their ethnogenesis. In their opinion, "Zikhi" …

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СОЧЕЛЬНИК
ukraine

СОЧЕЛЬНИК

Che Tosco March 12, 2025

As previously noted, the Georgian word sochi translates to "fir tree" in English, a detail that offers a fresh perspective on the etymology of the R…

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CHERKASI
ukraine

CHERKASI

Che Tosco March 10, 2025

The name of the city in central Ukraine is closely related to the region of the same root in the Caucasus - Circassia, which, in turn, seems to be a derivative…

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SOCHI
stunner

SOCHI

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

In Georgian, "Sochi" (სოჭი) means "spruce". In the early XXth century more than 90% of Sochi's population were Georgians.

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NAZRAN
russia

NAZRAN

Che Tosco March 06, 2025

Kartvelologists know that the word "mukhnari" means "oak forest" (from the word "mukha" - "oak"), as well as a number o…

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