Definitions

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  • proper noun A region in Eastern Georgia (country)
  • proper noun A historical province in Eastern Georgia (country)

Etymologies

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From Georgian კახეთი (kaxet'i)

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Examples

  • The elder sister, Miriam, was married and lived in the Pirosmanshvilis' native Kakheti region.

    Niko Pirosmani tellurian 2008

  • Iranian oppression was so extreme that in the early seventeenth century the population of Kakheti, in eastern Georgia, dropped by two thirds because of killings and deportations.

    Where Europe Vanishes 2000

  • Iranian oppression was so extreme that in the early seventeenth century the population of Kakheti, in eastern Georgia, dropped by two thirds because of killings and deportations.

    Where Europe Vanishes 2000

  • Iranian oppression was so extreme that in the early seventeenth century the population of Kakheti, in eastern Georgia, dropped by two thirds because of killings and deportations.

    Where Europe Vanishes 2000

  • At their frequent drinking parties it is said they will pass several days and nights, almost without intermission, in quaffing the productions of the vineyards of Kakheti, a district in the mountains east of Tiflis.

    Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

  • The monitors will also travel to the country's eastern Kakheti region where they will talk to local residents and administration officials.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • The monitors will also travel to the country's eastern Kakheti region where they will talk to local residents and administration officials.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • After visiting Kakheti the members of the opposition headed to West Georgia.

    unknown title 2009

  • In his televised New Year's address to the Georgian people, President Mikheil Saakashvili described the charter as the start of a "new phase" in Georgia's international relations and the end of over two centuries of Russian domination that began with the signing in 1783 between Tsarist Russia and the kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti of the Treaty of Georgievsk, under which Georgia voluntarily became a Russian protectorate, civil. ge reported.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2009

  • Niko Orvelashvili of the National Forum party, which organized mobilization of supporters in the eastern region of Kakheti, said that those who have arrived from the regions would remain in Tbilisi for about a week and would be deployed in improvised cells set up on the Rustaveli Avenue and Freedom Square.

    Civil.Ge Daily News 2009

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