Associations to the word «Colchis»

Wiktionary

COLCHIS, proper noun. Ancient region and Georgian kingdom south of Caucasus mountains and west of Iberia on the east shore of the Black Sea, in what is now western Georgia.

Dictionary definition

COLCHIS, noun. (Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece.

Wise words

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