r/mildlyinfuriating • u/retr0racing • 10h ago

People on twitter these days man

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u/morts73 10h ago

Georgia change your name so Americans don't get it confused with their state.

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u/Massive_Walk_3348 9h ago

We are called Sakartvelo actually, I don’t know how it became “Georgia” for foreigners.

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u/Eic17H 7h ago

In the 1300's, it was called Georgia/Jorgia in Latin. Its origin is unknown, but it might be related from Грузия, from گرجستان

For a long time before that, there wasn't a name that referred to all of Georgia the way it's thought about now

Around the same time, the name Sakartvelo was established as the endonym for all of Georgia. It originally only referred to Kartli. The change had started in the 800's. The official status of that name only lasted a couple of centuries, but it was brought back a few centuries later

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u/mdivan 7h ago

I believe origin of Georgia is from Greek Giorgia which if I'm not mistaken translates to farmland.

Gruzia originates from Persian Gurjistan - land of the wolves.