Tag: Somkhiti

Armenians are known in Georgian language as ‘Somekhi’ and the country Armenia is called ‘Somkheti’. In medieval Georgian Chronicles the region populated by Armenians was known as Somkhiti სომხითი, a geographic term referring to Armenia. In the 18th century, “Somkhiti” was largely replaced with “Somkheti” (სომხეთი) as a Georgian exonym for Armenia.  The term “Somkhiti”/”Somkheti”...