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Batumi
Batumi or Batum , city (1990 est. pop. 136,609), capital of Adjarian Autonomous Republic , in W Georgia, on the Black Sea near the Turkish border. A major port and trade center, it is also the terminus of the Trans-Caucasian RR, the Crimean-Caucasian steamship line, and an oil pipeline. Batumi is an important petroleum-shipping port and has oil refineries, shipyards, and food-processing plants. Site of the ancient Greek colony of Batis, the city belonged to Georgia in the Middle Ages, fell to the Turks in the late 16th cent., and passed to Russia in 1878. |
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"Batumi." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Batumi." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Batumi.html "Batumi." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Batumi.html |
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Batumi
Batumi, Georgia Batumistsikhe, Batum It is said to take its name from the River Bat or Bathus, a Greek name with the meaning of ‘deep’. On the left bank arose the first settlement, the Greek city of Batis with the Georgian tsikhe ‘castle’. The name may come from the Greek bathys limen ‘deep harbour’. It was a port in the independent principality of Guria until seized by the Ottoman Turks in the 17th century. It was ceded to Russia in 1878.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Batumi." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Batumi." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Batumi.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Batumi." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Batumi.html |
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