Tbilisi

American  

[tuh-buh-lee-see, tbyi-lyee-syi] / tə bəˈli si, tbjɪˈlji sjɪ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the southeastern part, on the Kura.

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Tbilisi British  

/ təbɪˈliːsɪ /

noun

1. Russian name: Tiflis. the capital of Georgia, on the Kura River: founded in 458; taken by the Russians in 1801; university (1918); a major industrial centre. Pop: 1 042 000 (2005 est)

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Tbilisi

O'Neill was without talisman Bradley and the reliable Ali McCann coming into the window, and then lost Ballard to a hamstring injury after the first game in Tbilisi.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In Tbilisi, Ms. Goldberg and her friends bonded with an 11-year-old boy named Avi who, through complicated means, was already carrying on a correspondence with a Jewish boy in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Waving Georgian and EU flags, thousands of protesters marched through central Tbilisi before staging a rally outside parliament amid a heavy police presence, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Among them are ice dance couple Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin, who competed under the ROC designation in Beijing four years ago, made moves towards skating for the U.S.—and instead landed on Tbilisi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Konstantine Chakhunashvili was one of those who gathered outside Georgia's parliament in Tbilisi during the first week of protests - which began on 28 November 2024.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025