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Sukhumi (Abkhaz: Аҟəа, Aqwa; Georgie: სოხუმი, Sokhumi; Roushie: Сухум or Сухуми‎, Sukhum or Sukhumi) is the caipital o Abkhazie, a disputit region on the Black Sea coast. The ceety suffered hivily durin the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the early 1990s.

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Namin [edit]

In Abkhaz, the ceety is kent as Аҟəа (Aqwa) which accordin tae native tradition signifies water.[1]

In Georgian, the ceety is kent as სოხუმი (Sokhumi) or აყუ (Aqu),[2] in Megrelian as აყუჯიხა (Aqujikha),[3] an in Roushie as Сухум (Sukhum) or Сухуми (Sukhumi). The etymology o the form Sokhumi is disputit. The ceety wis earlier kent in Turkis as Suhum-Kale, which can be read tae mean 'water-sand fortress'.[4][5] Alternatively, it haes been proposed that the ceety haed already afore been kent as Tskhumi in Georgian, an that aw these forms (includin the Turkis) fynd their oreegin herein. Tskhumi in turn then is derived frae the Svan leid wird for 'hot'[6], or the Georgian word for 'hornbeam tree'. The competin etymologies hae been uised as putative evidence in the argument ower the ethnicity o Sukhumi's historical inhabitants.

The endin -i in the abuin forms represents the Georgian nominative-suffix. The toun wis initially offeecially described in Roushie as Сухум (Sukhum), till 16 August 1936 when this wis chynged tae Сухуми (Sukhumi). This remained so till 4 December 1992, when the Supreme Cooncil o Abkhazie restored the "oreeginal" version[7], that wis approved in Roushie in autumn 2008[8], even though Сухуми is an aa still being uised.

In Inglis, the maist common form the day is Sukhumi, although Sokhumi is uised as well bi some sources, includin Encyclopædia Britannica[9] and MSN Encarta.[10]

Historically, Sukhumi wis first cawed Διοσκουριάς (Dioskurias) bi the Greeks, then frae the time o Emperor o Rome Augustus onwards Σεβαστούπολις (Sebastopolis)[11] till it became Suhum-kale unner the Ottomans.

General information [edit]

Sukhumi is locatit on a wide bay o the eastren coast o the Black Sea an serves as a port, rail junction an a holiday resort. It is kent for its beaches, sanatoriums, mineral-water spas an semitropical climate. Sukhumi is an aa an important air link for Abkhazie as the Sukhumi Dranda Airport is locatit nearbi the ceety. Sukhumi contains a number o sma-tae-medium size hotels servin chiefly the Roushie tourists. Sukhumi botanical garden wis established in 1840, ane o the auldest botanical gardens in the Caucasus.

The ceety haes a number o research institutes, the Abkhazian State University an the Sukhumi Branch o the Tbilisi State University (currently functionin in Tbilisi). In Soviet times, it contained a renouned ape breedin station. Frae 1945 tae 1954 the ceety's electron pheesics laboratory wis involved in the Soviet program tae develop nuclear weapons.

The ceety is a member o the International Black Sea Club.[12]

Twin touns - sister ceeties [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ↑ Colarusso, John. More Pontic: Further Etymologies between Indo-European and Northwest Caucasian. Retrieved on 22 August 2009. .
  2. ↑ http://www.abkhazworld.com/Pdf/Abkhaz_Loans_in_Megrelian_Chirikba.pdf, p. 65
  3. ↑ Otar Kajaia, 2001–2004, Megrelian-Georgian Dictionary (entry aq'ujixa).
  4. ↑ Goltz, Thomas (2009 (2006)). “4. An Abkhazian Interlude”, Georga Diary, Expanded Edition, Armonk, New York / London, England: M.E. Sharpe.
  5. ↑ [1] (Roushie)
  6. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Adrian_Room
  7. ↑ [2] (Roushie)
  8. ↑ Абхазию и Южную Осетию на картах в РФ выкрасят в "негрузинские" цвета
  9. ↑ "Sokhumi". (2006). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 6, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: [3]
  10. ↑ "Sokhumi". (2006). In Encarta. Retrieved November 6, 2006: [4]
  11. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named hewitt_taah
  12. ↑ International Black Sea Club, members
  13. ↑ Podolsk sister cities. Translate.google.com. Retrieved on 4 Julie 2010. .
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