GORG & GERG

These two mysterious roots that might lead to the true origin of the name 'Georgia', as well as to the name of the Kartvelian-speaking population of the Old World, appear here and there having no clear etymology.

Initially, 'gorg' means 'wolf' in Farsi. And we can't be sure that Iranians didn't borrow this word from anywhere.

Gergeba is the Megrelian way to say Giorgobistve - November. And we can't be sure that 'gerg' here relates to St. George. 'Gergeba' may well be 'wolf hunting', for example.

Gergeti is the name of a village in Georgia with the beautiful church in Kazbegi region. It should translate as 'land of gergi'. Also this word - gergeti - mysteriously means 'a goose'. Remarkable, there is a Spanish/Italian surname 'Gorgeti', which literally means 'land of gorgi' in Kartvelian:
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There are two versions of the land where Gorgon lived: Lybia and Scythia. Interestingly, they do not contradict, sonce both countries are strongly connected with Kartvelian world.

The English/Romanic word 'gorge' (gorgo, gorg) means 'jaws' among others. Wolf's jaws, for example. Especially given that 'gargouille' monster ('gorgulia' in Kartvelian) clearly comes from the same root. By the way, 'to gorge' means 'to eat greedily'.

Today's Anapa used to bear a name of Gorgippa in honor of one of Bosphore Kingdom's kings, born if Thracia. We have no etymology for the name of Gorgippa.

In Ukrainian Carpathians there is a ridge called Gorgani. No etymology.

In Romanian delta of Danube (a highly Scythian place, by the way) still there is a lake called Gorgova. It has a Kartvelian suffix -ova. While still in Romania and still on the Danube there is a city called Giurgiu, with no solid story of the name's origin. To finish it up, in neighbouring Hungary there is another famous city of Gyor, which fits the 'gorg' storyline as well.

Spanish Badalona (part of Barcelona) has a square and a subway station called Gorg.

Here the Eastern Georgia was called 'Gorgistan':
http://216.117.166.233/zoom_map.htm?zoomifyImagePath=http://216.117.166.233/os/zoom/24877/

In Spanish Levante there is a river called Gata de Gorgos.

In Greek municipality of Grevena there is a town called Gorgiani, which is an adjective derived from 'Gorgi' noun. While in another municipality of Kavala there is a town named Georgiani. Interestinly, its former name is Goreni (Gorijan).

And finally, in Torino there should have been a district or suburb called Sagorgo. At least, someone named Angelo Cerutti was born there in 1893:
http://www.fold3.com/document/276262444/

Here the root 'gorg-' beautifully combines with Kartvelian toponymic 'Sa-'-suffix. See corresponding entry for abundant Italian 'Sa-'-toponyms.