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- proper noun historical The city of
Tbilisi .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
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Examples
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I was born three years after he arrived there, in Tiflis, the capital of Caucasus.
Out Of My Life 1929
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Tiflis is defended by strong posts and barracks, which contribute largely to preserve the fidelity of the Ossets, through whose territory the road is carried.
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Bagration, of the days of 1812, was a Georgian; and Bebutoff, the governor of Tiflis, is an Armenian.
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Besides the large college in Tiflis, Russia has established and supports eighteen schools south of the Caucasus.
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Museum of Tiflis, which is rich in ancient Georgian codices; and the library of the monastery of Etchmiadzin, which has a valuable collection of Armenian codices.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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"Tiflis," he says, "so called on account of its mineral springs, is divided into three parts: Tiflis properly so called, or the ancient town; Kala, or the citadel; and the suburb of
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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"In his 1948 book A Russian Journal, John Steinbeck describes attending 'a soccer game between the teams representing Tiflis and Kiev'," writes Phil Rebbeck.
Do Tottenham and Fulham have to play in the Europa League? | The Knowledge 2011
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"In his 1948 book A Russian Journal, John Steinbeck describes attending 'a soccer game between the teams representing Tiflis and Kiev'," writes Phil Rebbeck.
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Tiflis is real Orient—fought over by Persian, Greek, Turk, Arabian and Russian for centuries.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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In Tiflis, DeMille met with Georgian filmmakers and discovered that they were still making silent movies.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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