Etymology

Colchis

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Κολχίς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΚολχίς
  2. English todayColchis

From Ancient Greek Κολχίς (Kolkhís).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΚολχίς all →

Colchian

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.