Colchis

LC control no.	n 88181236
Geographic heading	Colchis *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Georgia (Republic)--Colchis
Variant(s)	Kolkhida Laz Lazice Egrisis samepʻo Laziki Lazskoe t︠s︡arstvo Lazikis samepʻo Kingdom of Lazice Kolkhidskoe t︠s︡arstvo Kingdom of Egrisi Egrisi Ėgrisskoe t︠s︡arstvo Kolxida Laz Kingdom Egrisi Kingdom Kolchis Kolxetʻi Kingdom of Colchis
Found in	Khakhutaĭshvili, D. A. Proizvodstvo zheleza v drevneĭ Kolkhide, 1987: p. 218, etc. (Kolkhidskoe t︠s︡arstvo; Kolkhida; Colchis; Kingdom of Colchis) Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡., 3rd (Kolkhida; vernac. Egrisi; hist. reg. S, SE Black Sea Coast, pres. W Georgian S.S.R.; kingdom fl. 6-2 cent. BC) Kʻartʻuli sab. encʻik., 1980: v. 5 (Kolxida; Kolchis [in rom.]; var. Kolxetʻi) Nokʻalakʻevi-Arkʻeopolisi, 1987: frwd. (Egrisis (Lazikis) samepʻos, Ėgrisskogo (Lazskogo) t︠s︡arstva, Kingdom of Egrisi (Lazice); Thikhé-Godji--Nikokakevi was the capital of the Egrisi (Laz) Kingdom, i.e. actually the capital of all Western Georgia) Enc. Brit., 15th (Colchis) Web. geog., 1984 (Colchis)