The land of Thracians the name of whom has a surprisingly Kartvelian origin too, has at least two quite interesting sites. They are small towns of Zabardo and Zasele. Both of them are conformed to seem Slav (the Za- prefix), but at the same time have a right to be interpreted as kartvelisms Sabardo and Sasele (note that the German spelling of both words is the latter).
Sabardo = Sa+barda (peas) = 'place of peas'. Compare to already mentioned Saniore (place of garlic), Saboloke (place of radish), Salobio (place of beans).
Sasele = Sa+seli (flax) = 'place of flax'. Note that Zasele is locate indeed in the place of flax production. Compare to an existing Italian surname of Sassele that is likely to reflect the analogical already non-existing toponym in Italy.
Another toponym worth mentioning is Stara Zagora which despite having a Slav interpretation of 'transmountain' still may be interpreted from Kartvelian as Sagore - 'place of pigs'.
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