Tbilisi

[tuh-buh-lee-see, tbyi-lyee-syi]

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noun

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

Tbilisi

/ təbɪˈliːsɪ /

noun

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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Waving Georgian and EU flags, tens of thousands of protesters marched in central Tbilisi on Saturday.

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Tbilisi City Court heard defence and prosecution teams were negotiating the terms of a bargain which would see the teenager freed for a sum of money with "many zeros", understood to be in Georgian Lari.

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It is understood that Miss Culley arrived in Tbilisi on a flight from Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on 10 May.

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Miss Culley initially went missing in Thailand before being arrested in Tbilisi International Airport on 10 May.

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A British teenager has been arrested in Tbilisi, Georgia, on suspicion of drug offences.

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