gori

/ ˈɡɔːriː /

noun

1. informal,  a White or fair-skinned female

Word History and Origins

Origin of gori¹

C21: Hindi

Example Sentences

"The forecasts and warnings all played out in a normal manner. The challenge with this event was that it is very difficult to forecast this type of extreme, localised rainfall," says Avantika Gori, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University in Texas.

From BBC

The city of Gori was bombed and occupied, and a fierce battle further north in Shindisi left the station destroyed and the railway abandoned.

From BBC

"In these streets we had Russians," says Mindia Goderdzishvili, running the campaign in Gori for opposition group Coalition for Change.

From BBC

Ivanishvili visited Gori during the election campaign and promised an apology to the people of South Ossetia for the 2008 war, which he blamed on Saakashvili's government, rather than the Russians who bombed the city.

From BBC

Gori's memory of Georgia's northern neighbour is not based solely on what happened in 2008.

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