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+==Wikipedia EN==
+In Greco-Roman geography, [[Colchis]] (Ancient Greek: [[Κολχίς]]) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi (Georgian: ეგრისი) located on the coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia.
+It has been described in modern scholarship as "the earliest Georgian formation", which, along with the Kingdom of Iberia, would later contribute significantly to the development of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Georgian nation.
+Colchis is known in Greek mythology as the destination of the Argonauts, as well as the home to Medea and the Golden Fleece. It was also described as a land rich with gold, iron, timber and honey that would export its resources mostly to ancient Hellenic city-states.
+Colchis is generally believed to have been populated by early Kartvelian-speaking tribes ancestral to the contemporary western Georgians, namely Svans and Zans. According to David Marshall Lang: "one of the most important elements in the modern Georgian nation, the Colchians were probably established in the Caucasus by the Middle Bronze Age."
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 |btext=ίδος<br /><b>1</b> <i>adj. f.</i> de Colchide;<br /><b>2</b> ἡ [[Κολχίς]] ([[χώρα]]) la Colchide, <i>contrée sur la côte est du Pont-Euxin</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[Κόλχος]].