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

And that solution, she writes, has been sitting on the shelves of a bacteriophage institute in Tbilisi, Georgia, for decades.

From Salon

Police in Georgia have clashed with demonstrators in the centre of the capital Tbilisi protesting against last month's disputed election which they say was stolen by the government.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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.

From BBC