Kartvelophile
Appearance
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A Kartvelophile (Georgian: ქართველოფილი) is a person who is fond of, admires or loves Georgian culture, Georgian history, Georgian language, Georgian cuisine, Georgian people or Georgia in general or even exhibits Georgian nationalism in spite of not being an ethnic Georgian. Such love of Georgia and everything Georgian is called "Kartvelophilia". Its opposite is Kartvelophobia.
Typical interests
[edit]- Georgian wine
- Georgian cuisine
- Georgian language
- Georgian literature
- Georgian scripts
- Georgian calligraphy
Notable Kartvelophiles
[edit]- Lyn Coffin
- Francis Ford Coppola[1]
- Victoria Lopyreva[2]
- Michael McFaul[3]
- Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Eldar Ryazanov[4]
- Anastasia Zavorotnyuk[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Фрэнсис Форд Коппола любит грузинскую кухню и не любит 3D
- ^ ГЕНАЦВАЛЕ. Виктория Лопырёва
- ^ The Georgia Syndrome by James Traub, Aug 13, 2010
- ^ "Эльдар Рязанов: «Я люблю Грузию»". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Звезды шоу бизнеса любят грузинскую кухню!