Mtskheta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian მცხეთა (mcxeta).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mətsˈkeɪtə/

Proper noun

Mtskheta

  1. A city in the province of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia; one of the oldest cities in the country and historical capital of the ancient Kingdom of Iberia.
    • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 321:
      Beyond Gori the traveller will pass Mizkettra, the ancient residence of the kings of Georgia. It is now a ruin, still however containing 2 churches of some sanctity, in one of which the kings of Georgia were crowned, and where to the present day the bishops of Tiflis are consecrated.

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