still occupied by the modern-day Svans.[citation needed] In the Russian Empire and early Soviet Union Mingrelians and Svans had their own census grouping...
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Svan may refer to: Svan people, an ethnic group of the Georgian people Svan language Svaneti, a region of Georgia Lusaghbyur, Shirak, Armenia, formerly...
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conjugation. Svan is the native language of fewer than 30,000 Svans (15,000 of whom are Upper Svan dialect speakers and 12,000 are Lower Svan), living in...
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modern-day Svans. The province had been a dependency of Colchis, and of its successor kingdom of Lazica (Egrisi) until AD 552, when the Svans took advantage...
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Svan towers (Georgian: სვანური კოშკი, romanized: svanuri k'oshk'i) refers to the tower houses built as defensive dwellings in the Georgian historical region...
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Svans may refer to: Svans, an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians The Danish name for the Schwansen peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The large...
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Ferry Svan is a Swedish professional woodchopper and logging sportsman, and the son of champion skier Gunde Svan. He is the first Swedish person to compete...
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Georgia, particularly among the Svans, remains a topic of speculation. Local rumors suggest that historically the Svans plied the stem fibers into cloth...
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people, speaking the Zan languages. Kartvelian peoples Georgians Zans (Mingrelians and Laz people) Svans Kartvelian languages Zan languages v t e v t e...
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Gunde Anders Svan (born 12 January 1962) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and auto racing driver. During his cross-country skiing career he won...
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by language), had Imeretian, Svan and Mingrelian languages separate from Georgian. During the 1926 Soviet census, Svans and Mingrelians were accounted...
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Lasse Svan Hansen (born 31 August 1983) is a Danish retired handballer, who last played for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team. He was...
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"Aivis Švāns". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2020. Aivis Švāns at...
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Kartvelian languages (redirect from Karto-Svan languages)
The Kartvelian language family consists of four closely related languages: Svan (ლუშნუ ნინ, lušnu nin), with approximately 35,000–40,000 native speakers...
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Kubed (Georgian: კუბდარი, Svan: კუბედ) is a Georgian filled bread dish which is particularly a national dish of the Svans. The bread is leavened and...
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Marie Svan (née Johansson; born 30 June 1963) is a Swedish cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 5 kilometre classical at the 1988 Winter Olympics...
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Kumyk, Nogai and Tatar). Kartvelian languages (Georgian, Mingrelian and Svan) are spoken primarily in Georgia. Two other language families reside in the...
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were 1,912 ethnic Georgians (Svans). The population of the Upper Kodori Valley in 2011 was 196, mostly ethnic Georgians (Svans). Russian state media outlet...
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province. It was formerly known as Seti (სეტი). The population is mostly Svans, a cultural and linguistic subgroup of the Georgians. Despite its small...
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Svaneti Range (redirect from Svan Mountains)
Svaneti Range (Georgian: სვანეთის ქედი) is an 85 km long sub-mountain range of the Greater Caucasus, in the Svaneti region of Georgia, located south of...
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Schwansen (Danish: Svans or Svansø, meaning "swan island/peninsula") is a peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, protruding into the Baltic Sea. It...
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includes an array of politically important subgroups especially Mingrelians, Svans and Ajarians" Kevin Tuite "The Meaning of Dæl. Symbolic and Spatial Associations...
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peoples. Kartvelian languages Georgians Dvals Ingiloys Zans Lazs Mingrelians Svans Northeast Caucasian languages Avar–Andic peoples: Andis Akhvakhs Avars Bagvalals...
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Chokha Cinema Cuisine Wine Dance Gambling Languages Georgian Laz Mingrelian Svan Media Music Mythology Names Public holidays Religion Sports World Heritage...
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Kartvelian-speaking tribe ancestral to contemporary western Georgians, namely Svans and Zans. According to David Marshall Lang: "one of the most important elements...
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included in it in 131 AD. In the Svan language, the Svans refer to the Mingrelia (Samegrelo) region as Lazan, La- is the Svan territorial prefix and Lazan...
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Emzar Kvitsiani within Upper Abkhazia. The militia consisted of ethnic Svans living within the Kodori Valley. The Georgian authorities held control over...
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Azerbaijan (Saingilo), Turkey (Artvin Province) Adjarians, Mingrelians, Svans, Tushetians, Meskhetians, Imerkhevians, Ingiloys, Bats, with significant...
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forces to the eastern Donbas region". Retrieved 7 April 2022. Vandiver, John; Svan, Jennifer H. (26 April 2022). "US and allies gather at Ramstein to discuss...
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obsolete Georgian letter, and two additional letters specific to Mingrelian and Svan. Laz uses the same 33 current Georgian letters as Mingrelian plus that same...
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