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Sukhumi

American  
[soo-koo-mee, soo-khoo-myi] / sʊˈku mi, suˈxu myɪ /
Or Sokhumi

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Abkhazia, in the NW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea.


Sukhumi British  
/ suˈxumi /

noun

  1. a port and resort in W Georgia, on the Black Sea: site of an ancient Greek colony. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)

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Aslan Bzhania's press office said he was quitting "to maintain stability and constitutional order" and that the two sides had agreed protesters who had stormed the parliament in Sukhumi must disperse on Tuesday.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

The bill, which would have legalised Russian investment and land ownership, is being withdrawn after protesters took control of the government quarter in the capital Sukhumi.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

The blaze swept through the Central Exhibition Hall on Sunday in the city of Sukhumi, where the gallery was located on the second floor of a building.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

“From Russia, it’s practically everything,” Beslan F. Eshba, Abkhazia’s deputy prime minister, said in an interview in the region’s governmental headquarters in the capital, Sukhumi, known officially here as Sukhum or in Abkhazian as Akua.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2013

In Sukhumi, where he has set up headquarters, Shevardnadze has vowed to keep his nation whole or die trying.

From Time Magazine Archive

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