Georgia गर्जिस्तान

Name of Georgia (country) Georgia i/ˈdʒɔːrdʒə/ is the Western exonym for the nation in the Caucasus natively known as Sakartvelo (Georgian: საქართველო, [sakʰartʰvɛlɔ]). The Russian exonym is Gruziya (Грузия). The native name is derived from the core central Georgian region of Kartli i.e. Iberia of the Classical and Byzantine sources around which the early medieval cultural and political unity of the Georgians was formed. Both the Western and the Russian exonyms are likely derived from the Persian designation of the Georgians, gurğān, from an Old Persian varkâna "land of the wolves" (also reflected in Armenian Virk' (Վիրք) and a source of the Greco-Roman Iberia). Today the full, official name of the country is "Georgia", as specified in the Georgian constitution which reads "Georgia shall be the name of the State of Georgia."[1] Before the 1995 constitution came into force the country's name was the Republic of Georgia. The Georgian government works actively to remove Russian-derived exonym Gruziya from usage around the world.[2] Endonym Exonyms References Bibliography Last edited 1 day ago by LouisAragon RELATED ARTICLES