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Definition of Sakartvelo
1. Noun. A republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
Group relationships: Cis, Commonwealth Of Independent States
Group relationships: Transcaucasia
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Georgia, Tbilisi, Tiflis, Abkhaz, Abkhazia, Adzhar, Adzharia
Member holonyms: Georgian
Derivative terms: Georgian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sakartvelo
Literary usage of Sakartvelo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"Georgian Party of Federalist Revolutionaries (sakartvelo) ; 8. Finnish Party of
Active Resistance; 9. The independent organisations of the Military ..."
2. The Crimean Tatarsby Alan W. Fisher by Alan W. Fisher (1978)
"... The Kazakhs Martha Brill Olcott Estonia and the Estonians Toivo U. Raun sakartvelo:
The Making of the Georgian Nation Ronald Grigor Suny ..."
3. The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule by Audrey L. Altstadt (1992)
"... sakartvelo, 1969), p. 14. 18. Swietochowski, Russian Azerbaijan, pp. 79—80,
using WED Allen and D. ..."
4. Bloodshed in the Caucasus: Violations of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Rachel Denber, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Human Rights Watch (Organization (1992)
"See Akhali sakartvelo, November 23, 1990. It was widely rumored that the amnesty
was granted in exchange for fighting in South Ossetia. ..."
5. Human Rights Watch World Report 1998 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1997)
"... the editor-in-chief of the newspaper sakartvelo (Georgia). The extent of
unsanctioned government wiretapping in Georgia is unclear, but the work of the ..."
6. Russia, what She was and what She is: An Excursion Into a Land of Seething by Jaakoff Prelooker (1904)
"To the Russian militant revolutionary organizations belong also various groups
of the Caucasian Georgians, who issue their official organ "sakartvelo" in ..."