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Colchide

Pronunciation: /kɔl.ʃid/

“Colchide” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

  1. Colchis (a historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey)

In French

  1. Ancien royaume situé en Géorgie.
  2. Région naturelle correspondant aux basses terres de la Géorgie situées entre les monts du Caucase et la mer Noire.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κολχίς (Kolkhís).

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