ქუეყანა

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Old Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ქუე- (kue-) + ყანაჲ (q̇anay), which literally translates as "land that is under us".

Noun

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ქუეყანა (kueq̇ana)

  1. ground, earth
  2. (by extension) land, territory
  3. (by extension) country

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ქვეყანა (kveq̇ana)

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (2014) “ქუეყანა”, in Ʒvelkartuli-ʒvelsomxuri doḳumenṭirebuli leksiḳoni [Old Georgian – Old Armenian Documentary Dictionary], Tbilisi: National Centre of Manuscripts, →ISBN, page 766ab