If you ever visit Sakartvelo, you'd find yourself in a nation that stretches from the eastern shoreline of the Black Sea across the Caucasus Mountains.
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Do You Know These Country Names in the Local Language?

If you ever visit Sakartvelo, you'd find yourself in a nation that stretches from the eastern shoreline of the Black Sea across the Caucasus Mountains.

To much of the world, this country is known by its western name of Georgia, but to Georgians themselves, it is Sakartvelo. This native name translates to "Land of Kartvelians" and refers to the people who inhabited the country's central region of Kartli. So why is the country widely known as Georgia? Some argue that it derives from Gurgan, the Persian demonization for Georgians, while others say that it represents the native people's enthusiasm for St. George, or that it comes from a Greek word that means "tiller of the land."

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