The old name of Nantes is Namneti which concides with the name of local tribe. The word is Kartvelian and means 'land of namni'. "Namni', in it turn, is an Old Kartvelian plural for 'nami' that translates 'dew, humidity'. For those who doubt that 'dew' can be used in plural, here's a verse of Tedo Razikashvili where he uses the word 'nami' in modern plural form of 'namebi':
"...იას ძალიან ეშინოდა, არ ვიცი კი, რა აშინებდა: მოკლე სიცოცხლე თუ სხვა რამე. ქარი დაჰბერავდა თუ წვიმის ნამები წამოვიდოდნენ ღაპაღუპით...".
http://www.webmix.ge/tedo/proza018.html
To make sure someone had a right to call this region 'the land of humidity', let's read this:
"...About 50 kilometres from the coast, Nantes has generally cool winters and mild summers,with rainfalls at least every week...".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes
As already has been said, Côte d'Azur has high chances to relate to 'lazuri' if the version of 'azur' being part of 'l'azur' makes sense.
We already told that Kartvelian and Basque languages share the same word of 'ustari' in similar meanings. Besides, the French Basques have a small town with the same root: Ustaritz.
D'Artagnan comes the town of Artagnan [artanian], located in Gascogne, next to Basques. In Georgia there are two villages neat Tianeti that bear the same name: Kvemo Artaniani and Zemo Artaniani.
Vercingetorix was the king of Gaules in Roman times. The linguists agree that 'rix' means 'king'. If so, then 'vercingeto' is the name of the land he was the king of. We already saw the -eto/-eti alternation in case of Oreto/Oreti, so, we have a right to assume that in fact it was the Kartvelian toponym of Vercingeti - 'the land of vercingi'. To solve the root's problem is not easy, since 'ng' is not a typical combination for Kartvelian language. So, the effort number one would be to agree that there was a vowel between 'n' and 'g' for the Kartvelians tend to omit the vowels (the way the French do): vercinagi. Also, we have a right to assume 'nag' in fact is a voiced variant of 'nak', since the alternation between voiced and unvoiced versions of consonants happen in European languages all the time: vercinak. Finally, the confusion between V and B is a well-known phenomenon in Greek and Spanish languages that has lead to huge amount of misunderstandings throughout the linguistics history: bercinak. Thus, we have ended up having a Basque plural form bercinak (-ak is the suffix of plural in Basque) derived from bercin. That's a perfectly Basque word - bertzin - meaning 'spotted cattle'. To make sure this bold hypothesis makes sense we need to find out if Vercingeti (region of Clermont-Ferrand) ever had any relation to spotted cattle.
Between Bordeaux and Nantes (which is, between Acquitania and namneti) there lies a small town of Saintes, which is a former capital of the land named 'Saintonge'. The word looks as a classic Kartvelian toponym: sa+root+e. The root 'intong', however, doesn't seem quite Kartvelian, but we know already how to solve the 'ng' problem (see Vercingetorix): intong = intonag = intonak. "Intonak' is a Basque plural of 'inton'. What it means. it's hard to say, but there is such a surname of French origin that had to mean something:
http://lastnames.myheritage.com.ua/last-name/Inton
So, 'Saintonge' = 'land of intons', whatever they are.
The double 'nn' should be the object of specific attention of Kartvelian linguists since it's a clear evidence of possible Old Kartvelian plural form. The famous city of Cannes (which has always been considered plural, by the way) is a part of Le Cannet commune. So, we have a right to assume the Kartvelian land of Canneti, which is 'land of canni'. In its turn, 'canni' seems to be an old plural form of 'cani'. While 'cani' may mean either 'skin' (კანი) or 'open mine' (ქანი). As to the local open mines there is at least a boxite one in Le Cannet des Maures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes
As already has been said, Côte d'Azur has high chances to relate to 'lazuri' if the version of 'azur' being part of 'l'azur' makes sense.
We already told that Kartvelian and Basque languages share the same word of 'ustari' in similar meanings. Besides, the French Basques have a small town with the same root: Ustaritz.
D'Artagnan comes the town of Artagnan [artanian], located in Gascogne, next to Basques. In Georgia there are two villages neat Tianeti that bear the same name: Kvemo Artaniani and Zemo Artaniani.
Vercingetorix was the king of Gaules in Roman times. The linguists agree that 'rix' means 'king'. If so, then 'vercingeto' is the name of the land he was the king of. We already saw the -eto/-eti alternation in case of Oreto/Oreti, so, we have a right to assume that in fact it was the Kartvelian toponym of Vercingeti - 'the land of vercingi'. To solve the root's problem is not easy, since 'ng' is not a typical combination for Kartvelian language. So, the effort number one would be to agree that there was a vowel between 'n' and 'g' for the Kartvelians tend to omit the vowels (the way the French do): vercinagi. Also, we have a right to assume 'nag' in fact is a voiced variant of 'nak', since the alternation between voiced and unvoiced versions of consonants happen in European languages all the time: vercinak. Finally, the confusion between V and B is a well-known phenomenon in Greek and Spanish languages that has lead to huge amount of misunderstandings throughout the linguistics history: bercinak. Thus, we have ended up having a Basque plural form bercinak (-ak is the suffix of plural in Basque) derived from bercin. That's a perfectly Basque word - bertzin - meaning 'spotted cattle'. To make sure this bold hypothesis makes sense we need to find out if Vercingeti (region of Clermont-Ferrand) ever had any relation to spotted cattle.
Between Bordeaux and Nantes (which is, between Acquitania and namneti) there lies a small town of Saintes, which is a former capital of the land named 'Saintonge'. The word looks as a classic Kartvelian toponym: sa+root+e. The root 'intong', however, doesn't seem quite Kartvelian, but we know already how to solve the 'ng' problem (see Vercingetorix): intong = intonag = intonak. "Intonak' is a Basque plural of 'inton'. What it means. it's hard to say, but there is such a surname of French origin that had to mean something:
http://lastnames.myheritage.com.ua/last-name/Inton
So, 'Saintonge' = 'land of intons', whatever they are.
The double 'nn' should be the object of specific attention of Kartvelian linguists since it's a clear evidence of possible Old Kartvelian plural form. The famous city of Cannes (which has always been considered plural, by the way) is a part of Le Cannet commune. So, we have a right to assume the Kartvelian land of Canneti, which is 'land of canni'. In its turn, 'canni' seems to be an old plural form of 'cani'. While 'cani' may mean either 'skin' (კანი) or 'open mine' (ქანი). As to the local open mines there is at least a boxite one in Le Cannet des Maures.
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