Places & Areas

1. თბილისი

   Tbilisi

   Tbilisi (capital)

   Usage

   Capital of Georgia, named after its warm sulfur springs

   Grammar Note

   "თბილ" (warm) + "-ისი" (place suffix) = "warm place", a name tied to its hot springs. Tbilisi was founded in the 5th century by King Vakhtang Gorgasali who discovered sulfur hot springs

2. მცხეთა

   Mtskheta

   Mtskheta (ancient capital)

   Usage

   UNESCO World Heritage site and spiritual capital of Georgia

   Grammar Note

   Mtskheta is one of Georgia's oldest cities, named after the legendary founder Mtskhetos. Home to Svetitskhoveli Cathedral — the religious heart of Georgia

3. ბათუმი

   Batumi

   Batumi (Black Sea city)

   Usage

   Black Sea resort city and capital of the Adjara region

   Grammar Note

   Batumi is Georgia's main resort city, known for casinos and modern architecture. Capital of the Adjara Autonomous Republic, with some Islamic cultural influence

4. კახეთი

   K'akheti

   Kakheti (wine region)

   Usage

   Eastern Georgian wine region; beautiful villages like Sighnaghi

   Grammar Note

   Kakheti produces over 80% of Georgia's wine. The qvevri (clay jar) winemaking method is UNESCO heritage. The suffix "-ეთი" in place names denotes a region/land

5. კავკასიონი

   K'avk'asioni

   Caucasus Mountains

   Usage

   The Greater Caucasus range in northern Georgia, popular for skiing and trekking

   Grammar Note

   Place names in Georgian often end in "-ონი/-ეთი". The Caucasus region spans Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan — a zone of extraordinary linguistic diversity

6. სვანეთი

   Svaneti

   Svaneti (mountain region)

   Usage

   UNESCO-listed mountain region famous for medieval defensive towers

   Grammar Note

   Svaneti is home to the Svan people who speak the Svan language (a Kartvelian language distinct from Georgian). "-ეთი" means "land of [people]". UNESCO World Heritage

7. სიღნაღი

   Sighnaghi

   Sighnaghi (City of Love)

   Usage

   Beautiful hilltop town in Kakheti, called "City of Love" for its 24-hour wedding registry

   Grammar Note

   Sighnaghi is a charming hilltop town surrounded by 18th-century walls. Georgia's beloved naïve painter Niko Pirosmani was born in Mirzaani, a village in the same region, Kakheti

8. შავი ზღვა

   Shavi zghva

   Black Sea

   Usage

   Georgia's western coastline with resorts like Batumi

   Grammar Note

   "ზღვა (zghva)" = sea, a native Kartvelian word. The cluster "ზღ-" demonstrates Georgian phonology. Georgia's Black Sea coast has been a trade and tourism hub throughout history

9. ვარძია

   Vardzia

   Vardzia (cave monastery)

   Usage

   12th-century cave monastery complex built by Queen Tamar

   Grammar Note

   Vardzia is a medieval cave city carved into a cliff in southern Georgia. Queen Tamar (1184-1213) led Georgia's Golden Age and is celebrated in the epic poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"

10. გელათი

    Gelati

    Gelati (monastery)

    Usage

    UNESCO World Heritage monastery founded by King David the Builder in the 12th century

    Grammar Note

    Gelati Monastery near Kutaisi is a Byzantine-style complex housing the tomb of David IV (the Builder). A major Georgian Orthodox sacred site and UNESCO World Heritage Site

11. ქუთაისი

    Kutaisi

    Kutaisi (second city)

    Usage

    Georgia's second largest city and center of western Georgia

    Grammar Note

    Kutaisi is one of Georgia's oldest cities with over 3,000 years of history. Its origins are linked to ancient Colchis — the land of the Golden Fleece in Greek mythology

12. რუსთავი

    Rustavi

    Rustavi

    Usage

    Industrial city about 25 km southeast of Tbilisi, laid out in the Soviet era around a steel plant

13. გორი

    Gori

    Gori

    Usage

    Town on the main Tbilisi-Kutaisi highway, birthplace of Stalin and the base for visiting the Uplistsikhe cave town

14. ზუგდიდი

    Zugdidi

    Zugdidi

    Usage

    Main city of Samegrelo, terminus of the night train from Tbilisi and the departure point for minibuses to Mestia in Svaneti

15. ფოთი

    Poti

    Poti

    Usage

    Black Sea cargo port city at the mouth of the Rioni river

16. თელავი

    Telavi

    Telavi

    Usage

    Main town of the Kakheti wine region and the usual base for winery visits, about 2 hours from Tbilisi by minibus

17. ახალციხე

    Akhaltsikhe

    Akhaltsikhe

    Usage

    Main town of Samtskhe-Javakheti with the Rabati castle complex, a staging point for Vardzia and the Turkish border

18. ბორჯომი

    Borjomi

    Borjomi

    Usage

    Spa town in a wooded gorge, known for the mineral water of the same name and the gateway to Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park

19. წყალტუბო

    Ts'q'alt'ubo

    Tsqaltubo

    Usage

    Thermal spa town near Kutaisi and the access point for Prometheus Cave; also spelled Tskaltubo in English

20. ოზურგეთი

    Ozurgeti

    Ozurgeti

    Usage

    Administrative centre of the Guria region, close to the Black Sea beach at Ureki

21. ქობულეთი

    Kobuleti

    Kobuleti

    Usage

    Seaside resort town about 25 km north of Batumi, with a stop on the coastal railway

22. ამბროლაური

    Ambrolauri

    Ambrolauri

    Usage

    Main town of the Racha region, centre of the Khvanchkara red wine area

23. ყვარელი

    Q'vareli

    Qvareli

    Usage

    Wine town in northern Kakheti; road signs and wine labels also spell it Kvareli

24. ლაგოდეხი

    Lagodekhi

    Lagodekhi

    Usage

    Town at the northeastern edge of Kakheti, trailhead for the Lagodekhi protected areas and close to the Azerbaijani border

25. ახალქალაქი

    Akhalkalaki

    Akhalkalaki

    Usage

    Town on the Javakheti plateau in the south, largely Armenian-speaking and on the road toward Armenia

26. მარნეული

    Marneuli

    Marneuli

    Usage

    Agricultural town south of Tbilisi on the main road and rail route toward Azerbaijan

27. ხაშური

    Khashuri

    Khashuri

    Usage

    Road and rail junction on the main east-west route, where the branch to Borjomi splits off

28. სამტრედია

    Samt'redia

    Samtredia

    Usage

    Major rail junction in western Georgia where the lines to Poti and to Batumi diverge

29. სენაკი

    Senak'i

    Senaki

    Usage

    Samegrelo town at the rail junction for the branch line to Zugdidi

30. მარტვილი

    Mart'vili

    Martvili

    Usage

    Samegrelo town, gateway to Martvili Canyon where visitors take short boat trips

31. ჭიათურა

    Ch'iatura

    Chiatura

    Usage

    Manganese mining town in an Imereti gorge, known for the aerial cableways linking its hillside districts

32. ონი

    Oni

    Oni

    Usage

    Mountain town in Upper Racha, on the road running east from Ambrolauri

33. მესტია

    Mest'ia

    Mestia

    Usage

    Main town of Upper Svaneti with its medieval tower houses, base for skiing and trekking, reached by minibus from Zugdidi

34. უშგული

    Ushguli

    Ushguli

    Usage

    Cluster of villages at the head of the Svaneti valley at about 2,100 m, among the highest permanently inhabited settlements in Europe, east of Mestia

35. სტეფანწმინდა

    St'epants'minda

    Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)

    Usage

    Mountain town on the Georgian Military Highway; still widely known by its Russian-era name ყაზბეგი (Kazbegi), which appears on minibus signs and maps alongside Stepantsminda

36. გუდაური

    Gudauri

    Gudauri

    Usage

    The largest ski resort in Georgia, on the Georgian Military Highway about 120 km from Tbilisi

37. ბაკურიანი

    Bak'uriani

    Bakuriani

    Usage

    Ski resort in the mountains above Borjomi, linked to it by road and by a narrow-gauge railway

38. ომალო

    Omalo

    Omalo

    Usage

    Main village of Tusheti, reached from the Kakheti side by the unpaved road over the Abano Pass

39. შატილი

    Shat'ili

    Shatili

    Usage

    Village of linked stone defensive towers in Khevsureti, in a valley on the northern side of the Greater Caucasus

40. ხულო

    Khulo

    Khulo

    Usage

    Mountain town in inland Adjara, on the road up to the Goderdzi Pass

41. ურეკი

    Urek'i

    Ureki

    Usage

    Black Sea resort in Guria, known for its black magnetite sand beach

42. დედოფლისწყარო

    Dedoplists'q'aro

    Dedoplistsqaro

    Usage

    Town in southern Kakheti, the gateway to the Vashlovani protected areas

43. აჭარა

    Ach'ara

    Adjara

    Usage

    Autonomous republic on the southern Black Sea coast, centred on Batumi; written Adjara or Ajara in English

44. სამეგრელო

    Samegrelo

    Samegrelo

    Usage

    Lowland region in the west centred on Zugdidi, where Mingrelian is spoken alongside Georgian

45. იმერეთი

    Imereti

    Imereti

    Usage

    Central region of western Georgia centred on Kutaisi, containing Gelati and Prometheus Cave

46. გურია

    Guria

    Guria

    Usage

    Small region on the Black Sea coast, centred on Ozurgeti with the beach at Ureki

47. რაჭა

    Rach'a

    Racha

    Usage

    Mountain region in the northwest centred on Ambrolauri, known for red wine and alpine scenery

48. ხევსურეთი

    Khevsureti

    Khevsureti

    Usage

    Mountain region of the Greater Caucasus containing the tower village of Shatili, reached by mountain road north of Tbilisi

49. თუშეთი

    Tusheti

    Tusheti

    Usage

    Remote northeastern mountain region centred on the village of Omalo, entered over the Abano Pass from Kakheti

50. ხევი

    Khevi

    Khevi

    Usage

    Mountain district around Stepantsminda at the northern end of the Georgian Military Highway

51. ქართლი

    Kartli

    Kartli

    Usage

    Historic central region containing Tbilisi, Mtskheta and Gori; the root of the country name Sakartvelo

52. სამცხე-ჯავახეთი

    Samtskhe-Javakheti

    Samtskhe-Javakheti

    Usage

    Southern highland region containing Akhaltsikhe, Vardzia and Borjomi

53. თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი

    Tbilisis saertashoriso aerop'ort'i

    Tbilisi International Airport

    Usage

    The main airport of Georgia, about 17 km southeast of central Tbilisi; officially Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport, code TBS

54. ქუთაისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი

    Kutaisis saertashoriso aerop'ort'i

    Kutaisi International Airport

    Usage

    Low-cost carrier hub west of Kutaisi, officially David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport, code KUT

55. ბათუმის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი

    Batumis saertashoriso aerop'ort'i

    Batumi International Airport

    Usage

    Airport about 6 km south of central Batumi, close to the Turkish border, code BUS

56. საქართველოს რკინიგზა

    Sakartvelos rk'inigza

    Georgian Railway

    Usage

    The national rail operator, running long-distance trains from Tbilisi to Kutaisi, Batumi and Zugdidi

57. თბილისის მეტრო

    Tbilisis met'ro

    Tbilisi Metro

    Usage

    Two-line metro paid with a rechargeable travel card sold at stations; platforms are deep and reached by long escalators

58. სადგურის მოედანი

    Sadguris moedani

    Station Square

    Usage

    Interchange between Metro Lines 1 and 2, directly beneath Tbilisi central railway station where long-distance trains arrive

59. დიდუბე

    Didube

    Didube

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station and the main departure point for marshrutka minibuses to western and northern Georgia

60. ნაძალადევი

    Nadzaladevi

    Nadzaladevi

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station in the northern part of Tbilisi

61. მარჯანიშვილი

    Marjanishvili

    Marjanishvili

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station on the left bank, next to the pedestrian stretch of Aghmashenebeli Avenue

62. რუსთაველი

    Rustaveli

    Rustaveli

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station in the middle of Rustaveli Avenue, near the opera house and national museum

63. თავისუფლების მოედანი

    Tavisuplebis moedani

    Liberty Square

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station under Liberty Square, the hinge between the old town and Rustaveli Avenue

64. ავლაბარი

    Avlabari

    Avlabari

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station in the old left-bank district, the closest stop to Sameba Cathedral

65. ისანი

    Isani

    Isani

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station in a residential district on the left bank of the Mtkvari

66. სამგორი

    Samgori

    Samgori

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station and departure point for minibuses to Kakheti and eastern Georgia

67. ვარკეთილი

    Vark'etili

    Varketili

    Usage

    Eastern terminus of Metro Line 1, in the residential east of the city

68. ახმეტელის თეატრი

    Akhmet'elis teat'ri

    Akhmeteli Theatre

    Usage

    Northwestern terminus of Metro Line 1, in the Gldani district

69. გურამიშვილი

    Guramishvili

    Guramishvili

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station in northern Tbilisi

70. სარაჯიშვილი

    Sarajishvili

    Sarajishvili

    Usage

    Metro Line 1 station in northern Tbilisi

71. წერეთელი

    Ts'ereteli

    Tsereteli

    Usage

    Station on Metro Line 2, the Saburtalo line

72. სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი

    Sakhelmts'ipo universit'et'i

    State University

    Usage

    Southwestern terminus of Metro Line 2, serving Tbilisi State University

73. ვაჟა-ფშაველა

    Vazha-pshavela

    Vazha-Pshavela

    Usage

    Metro Line 2 station in the southern part of the Saburtalo district

74. დელისი

    Delisi

    Delisi

    Usage

    Metro Line 2 station in the Saburtalo district

75. მედიცინის უნივერსიტეტი

    Meditsinis universit'et'i

    Medical University

    Usage

    Metro Line 2 station serving the medical university

76. ტექნიკური უნივერსიტეტი

    T'eknik'uri universit'et'i

    Technical University

    Usage

    Metro Line 2 station serving the Georgian Technical University

77. მახინჯაური

    Makhinjauri

    Makhinjauri

    Usage

    Coastal suburb just north of Batumi where the railway station for trains from Tbilisi is located

78. საქართველოს სამხედრო გზა

    Sakartvelos samkhedro gza

    Georgian Military Highway

    Usage

    The mountain highway from Tbilisi via Mtskheta, Ananuri and Gudauri to Stepantsminda and the Russian border

79. ჯვრის უღელტეხილი

    Jvris ughelt'ekhili

    Jvari Pass

    Usage

    High point of the Georgian Military Highway at about 2,379 m, just north of Gudauri

80. რიკოთის უღელტეხილი

    Rik'otis ughelt'ekhili

    Rikoti Pass

    Usage

    Pass crossed by the main east-west highway between Tbilisi and Kutaisi, the divide between eastern and western Georgia

81. გოდერძის უღელტეხილი

    Goderdzis ughelt'ekhili

    Goderdzi Pass

    Usage

    Pass at about 2,000 m linking inland Adjara at Khulo with Samtskhe and Akhaltsikhe

82. სარფი

    Sarpi

    Sarpi

    Usage

    Village on the Black Sea coast about 15 km south of Batumi, site of the border crossing into Turkey

83. დარიალი

    Dariali

    Dariali

    Usage

    Gorge at the northern end of the Georgian Military Highway beyond Stepantsminda, where the border crossing with Russia is located

84. ფასანაური

    Pasanauri

    Pasanauri

    Usage

    Town on the Georgian Military Highway at the confluence of the White and Black Aragvi rivers

85. ჟინვალი

    Zhinvali

    Zhinvali

    Usage

    Reservoir on the Georgian Military Highway below Ananuri fortress, a standard stop on the drive north

86. ნარიყალა

    Nariq'ala

    Narikala Fortress

    Usage

    Fortress on the ridge above the Tbilisi old town, reached by the cable car from Rike Park

87. აბანოთუბანი

    Abanotubani

    Abanotubani

    Usage

    Quarter of sulfur bathhouses in the Tbilisi old town, recognizable by its low brick domes

88. მთაწმინდა

    Mtats'minda

    Mtatsminda

    Usage

    Hill overlooking Tbilisi, with a park and viewpoint at the top reached by funicular

89. წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი

    Ts'minda samebis sak'atedro t'adzari

    Sameba Cathedral

    Usage

    Main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church on the left-bank hill, commonly called Sameba, walkable from Avlabari metro

90. სიონის ტაძარი

    Sionis t'adzari

    Sioni Cathedral

    Usage

    Medieval cathedral beside the river in the Tbilisi old town

91. რუსთაველის გამზირი

    Rustavelis gamziri

    Rustaveli Avenue

    Usage

    Main avenue of Tbilisi running from Liberty Square, lined with the parliament, national museum and opera house

92. აღმაშენებლის გამზირი

    Aghmasheneblis gamziri

    Aghmashenebeli Avenue

    Usage

    Left-bank avenue with a pedestrianized stretch of cafes and hotels, close to Marjanishvili metro

93. სვეტიცხოველი

    Svet'itskhoveli

    Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

    Usage

    11th-century cathedral in the centre of Mtskheta, the historic heart of Georgian Orthodoxy and a World Heritage site

94. ჯვრის მონასტერი

    Jvris monast'eri

    Jvari Monastery

    Usage

    Sixth-century church on the ridge above Mtskheta, looking down on the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers

95. უფლისციხე

    Uplistsikhe

    Uplistsikhe

    Usage

    Ancient rock-hewn cave town on a bluff above the Mtkvari river near Gori

96. ბაგრატის ტაძარი

    Bagrat'is t'adzari

    Bagrati Cathedral

    Usage

    11th-century cathedral on the hill above the centre of Kutaisi

97. მოწამეთა

    Mots'ameta

    Motsameta Monastery

    Usage

    Small monastery on a cliff above a river bend near Kutaisi, easily combined with a visit to Gelati

98. პრომეთეს მღვიმე

    P'rometes mghvime

    Prometheus Cave

    Usage

    Large stalactite cave near Tsqaltubo, visited on a walkway with an underground boat section

99. სათაფლია

    Sataplia

    Sataplia Nature Reserve

    Usage

    Reserve near Kutaisi with fossilized dinosaur footprints, a small cave and a glass viewing platform

100. ოკაცეს კანიონი

     Ok'atses k'anioni

     Okatse Canyon

     Usage

     Imereti gorge crossed by a metal walkway cantilevered along the cliff, a day trip from Kutaisi

101. ალავერდი

     Alaverdi

     Alaverdi Cathedral

     Usage

     11th-century cathedral standing alone on the Kakheti plain, about 20 km north of Telavi

102. ბოდბე

     Bodbe

     Bodbe Monastery

     Usage

     Monastery just outside Sighnaghi, burial place of St Nino who brought Christianity to Georgia

103. წინანდალი

     Ts'inandali

     Tsinandali

     Usage

     Aristocratic estate and garden near Telavi, with a winery and the white wine that carries its name

104. გრემი

     Gremi

     Gremi

     Usage

     16th-century royal citadel and church in northern Kakheti, once the capital of the Kakhetian kingdom

105. გერგეტის სამება

     Gerget'is sameba

     Gergeti Trinity Church

     Usage

     14th-century church at about 2,170 m above Stepantsminda, set against the bulk of Mount Kazbek

106. მყინვარწვერი

     Mq'invarts'veri

     Mount Kazbek

     Usage

     Glaciated 5,047 m peak above Stepantsminda; Mqinvartsveri in Georgian, known internationally as Mount Kazbek

107. უშბა

     Ushba

     Ushba

     Usage

     Twin-summited peak of about 4,700 m in Svaneti, visible from around Mestia

108. თეთნულდი

     Tetnuldi

     Tetnuldi

     Usage

     Svaneti peak of about 4,800 m and the ski area of the same name on its slopes, reached by road from Mestia

109. ბორჯომ-ხარაგაულის ეროვნული პარკი

     Borjom-kharagaulis erovnuli p'ark'i

     Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park

     Usage

     One of the largest national parks in Georgia, with a visitor centre on the Borjomi side and forest hiking trails

110. ვაშლოვანი

     Vashlovani

     Vashlovani Protected Areas

     Usage

     Semi-desert protected area in southeastern Kakheti, entered from Dedoplistsqaro

111. ბათუმის ბულვარი

     Batumis bulvari

     Batumi Boulevard

     Usage

     Seafront promenade and park running several kilometres along the Batumi shore

112. მწვანე კონცხი

     Mts'vane k'ontskhi

     Green Cape

     Usage

     Cape north of Batumi, site of the Batumi Botanical Garden and a stop on the coastal railway

113. გონიო

     Gonio

     Gonio Fortress

     Usage

     Roman-era fort near the coast south of Batumi, close to the Turkish border

114. ანანური

     Ananuri

     Ananuri

     Usage

     Fortress and church on the Georgian Military Highway, overlooking the Zhinvali reservoir

115. მტკვარი

     Mt'k'vari

     Mtkvari (Kura) river

     Usage

     The main river through Tbilisi and Mtskheta, known outside Georgia as the Kura

116. რიონი

     Rioni

     Rioni river

     Usage

     River of western Georgia, running through Kutaisi and reaching the Black Sea at Poti

117. ალაზანი

     Alazani

     Alazani river

     Usage

     River through the Kakheti wine country; its valley is known as the Alazani Valley

118. ენგური

     Enguri

     Enguri river

     Usage

     River draining Svaneti to the west; the road from Zugdidi to Mestia follows its valley upstream

119. ვაკე

     Vak'e

     Vake

     Usage

     Residential district in western Tbilisi, centred on the large Vake Park and known for its cafes and restaurants

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