Georgianize

verb

Georgianize

verb

Etymology From Georgian + -ize.

1

To make Georgian.

  • so that they resent recent Kartvelian encroachment on their land, which has been accompanied by repeated attempts to Georgianize them.1995, Anna Kreikemeyer, Andreĭ Vladimirovich Zagorskiĭ, Crisis management in the CIS: whither Russia?:
  • They resent Kartvelian encroachment on their land, which has been accompanied by repeated attempts to Georgianize or Kartvelianize their people.2003, John Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg, Transcaucasian Boundaries, Routledge, →ISBN, page 196:
1 more example
  • The Georgians made even greater efforts to Georgianize and Christianize the nomads who had taken service with the Crown.2012, Anatoly M. Khazanov, Andre Wink, Nomads in the Sedentary World, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52:
Derived terms
Georgianization

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