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GORI , a See also:town of See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, in the See also:government of See also:Tiflis and 49 M. by See also:rail N.W. of the See also:city of Tiflis, on the See also:river Kura; See also:altitude, 2010 ft. Pop. (1897) 10,457. The surrounding See also:country is very picturesque. Gori has a high school for girls, lid a school for Russian and Tatar teachers. At one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time celebrated for its See also:silk and See also:cotton stuffs, it is now famous for See also:corn, reputed the best in See also:Georgia, and the See also:wine is also esteemed. The See also:climate is excellent, delightfully cool in summer, owing to the refreshing breezes from the mountains, though these are, however, at times disagreeable in See also:winter. Gori was founded (1123) by the Georgian See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:David II., the Renovater, for the Armenians who fled their country on the See also:Persian invasion. The earliest remains of the fortress are See also:Byzantine; it was thoroughly restored in 1634–1658, but destroyed by See also:Nadir Shah of See also:Persia in the 18th See also:century. There is a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church constructed in the 17th century by Capuchin missionaries from See also:Rome. Five See also:miles See also:east of Gori is the remark-able See also:rock-cut town of Uplis-tsykhe, which was a fortress in the time of See also:Alexander the See also:Great of Macedon, and an inhabited city in the reign of the Georgian king Bagrat III. (980-1014).
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