Tbilisi

[ tuh-buh-lee-see; Russian tbyi-lyee-syi ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the southeastern part, on the Kura.

Tbilisi

/ təbɪˈliːsɪ /

noun

1. the capital of Georgia, on the Kura River: founded in 458; taken by the Russians in 1801; university (1918); a major industrial centre. Pop: 1 042 000 (2005 est) Russian nameTiflis

Example Sentences

Despite criticism from EU colleagues, Viktor Orban arrived in Tbilisi on Monday night, a short distance from a large demonstration of tens of thousands of Georgians protesting against the result.

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The call for protest echoes weeks of demonstrations that brought Tbilisi's central Rustaveli Avenue to a standstill for weeks earlier this year.

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Not far from the centre of Tbilisi, Vano Chkhikvadze points to graffiti daubed in red on the walls and ground outside his office at the Civil Society Foundation.

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The billionaire doubled down on that at the party's final campaign rally in the heart of Tbilisi on Wednesday.

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Tbilisi Mayor and Georgian Dream general secretary Kakha Kaladze echoed his message, accusing "so-called friends of Georgia" of directly interfering in Saturday's forthcoming elections: "We refuse to be anyone’s vassal, following the wishes of others."

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