Tskhinvali

English

Etymology

From Georgian ცხინვალი (cxinvali), from Old Georgian ქრცხინვალი (krcxinvali, “land of hornbeams”), from earlier ქრცხილვანი (krcxilvani). Possibly via Russian Цхинва́ли (Cxinváli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtskɪnvali/

Proper noun

Tskhinvali

1. The capital city of South Ossetia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia.

Synonyms

• Cchinvali
• Cxinvali
• Tskhinval (Modern Ossetians call the city this, leaving off the final "i", which is a nominative case ending in Georgian)
• Chreba (Ossetian (unofficial) name of the city)
• (From 1934 to 1961) Staliniri (after Joseph Stalin)

Translations

A city in Georgia

• Arabic: تْسْخِينْفَالِي m (tsḵīnfālī)
• Armenian: Ցխինվալ (Cʻxinval)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茨欣瓦利 (zh) (Cíxīnwǎlì)

• Czech: Cchinvali
• Danish: Tskhinvali
• French: Tskhinval
• Georgian: ცხინვალი (ka) (cxinvali)
• German: Zchinwali n
• Japanese: ツヒンヴァリ (Tsuhinvari)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Ossetian: Цхинвал (Cxinval), Чъреба (Ḱ’reba)
• Persian: تسخینوالی
• Polish: Cchinwali (pl)
• Portuguese: Tskhinvali f
• Russian: Цхинва́л (ru) m (Cxinvál), Цхинва́ли (ru) m (Cxinváli)
• Slovak: Cchinvali n
• Spanish: Tsjinval
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Tshinvali

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ცხინვალი (cxinvali).

Proper noun

Tskhinvali f

1. Tskhinvali (the capital city of South Ossetia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia)