Tbilisi

Tbi·li·si  (t-b-ls, -by-lsy) also Tif·lis (tfls, ty-fls)

The capital and largest city of Georgia, in the southeast part of the country on the Kura River. An ancient city astride trade and migration routes between Europe and Asia Minor, it was the capital of an independent Georgian state from 1096 to 1225 and was held by Mongols, Iranians, and Turks before coming under Russian control in 1801. Tbilisi was the capital of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (1922-1936) and the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991). Population: 1,070,000.

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Tbilisi [dbɪˈliːsɪ]

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(Placename) the capital of Georgia, on the Kura River: founded in 458; taken by the Russians in 1801; university (1918); a major industrial centre. Pop.: 1 398 968 (1997 est.) Russian name Tiflis

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Tbilisi - the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river Tiflis, capital of Georgia Sakartvelo, Georgia - 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