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Sakartvelo
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You might want to mention in this entry that the name contains the Georgian prefix სა (sa)-, which is used to indicate the location of something. As a result, Sakartvelo literally means "where Georgians dwell" or rather: "where Kartvelians dwell". This prefix is also present in the Georgian name for some other countries, such as France. That is known as საფრანგეთი (Saprangeti) and thus means "where Franks dwell". Also see:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)#Etymology
(in English; explains this in greater detail)
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D
(in English)
Georgians themselves also explain this nicely in the following Reddit thread:
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https://old.reddit.com/r/Sakartvelo/comments/fzf9xt/names_of_the_european_countries_in_georgian/
(in English; this thread is technically a repost of sorts, so click on the title of the original post made by the user TrakiTraki, which has a lot more educational comments) [noted -ed]
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Lucille
4/17/2020
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)#Etymology (in English; explains this in greater detail)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D (in English)
Georgians themselves also explain this nicely in the following Reddit thread:
• https://old.reddit.com/r/Sakartvelo/comments/fzf9xt/names_of_the_european_countries_in_georgian/ (in English; this thread is technically a repost of sorts, so click on the title of the original post made by the user TrakiTraki, which has a lot more educational comments) [noted -ed]