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By the early 9th century, the meaning of "Kartli" was expanded to other areas of medieval Georgia held together by religion, culture, and language. The Georgian circumfix sa -X- o is a standard geographic construction designating "the area where X dwell", where X is an ethnonym .
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
Several languages continue to use the Russian variant of the country's name, Gruzia, which the Georgian authorities have sought to replace through diplomatic campaigns. Since 2006, Israel, [ 36 ] Japan, [ 37 ] and South Korea [ 38 ] legally changed their appellation of the country to variants of the English Georgia . [ 39 ]
"Georgia" on a medieval mappa mundi, AD 1320. Ancient Greeks (Strabo, Herodotus, Plutarch, Homer, etc.) and Romans (Titus Livius, Tacitus, etc.) referred to early western Georgian
Giorgi (i. e. George) is the most common masculine name in Georgia and is considered to be the patron saint of the country. A Georgian name (Georgian: ქართული გვარ-სახელი, romanized: kartuli gvar-sakheli) consists of a given name and a surname used by ethnic Georgians. [1]
Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language. Historical and/or alternative versions, where included, are noted as such. Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are also listed.
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The name Australia was specifically applied to the continent for the first time in 1794. [5] The name Australia (pronounced / ə ˈ s t r eɪ l i ə / in Australian English [6]) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning ' southern ', and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography.