Gurians

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Gurians are a regional Georgian ethnic group from the historical province of Guria in western Georgia, known for their distinct dialect, folklore, and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gurians canonical 7
Gurian 1
Tushetians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
regional Georgian ethnic group
associatedWith Black Sea coastal culture of Georgia
linked to: Samegrelo

western Georgian cultural area
autonymLanguage Georgian
linked to: Georgian language
continent Asia
Europe
country Georgia
culturalContinuity medieval Gurian population
culturalHeritage regional customs of Guria
culturalIdentity regional Georgian identity
culturalSphere Caucasus
demographicContext minority within Georgian nation
dialect Gurian dialect of Georgian
ethnicGroupOf Georgia
ethnicHomeland Guria
ethnicLanguageFamily Kartvelian languages
ethnicMinorityStatus subgroup of majority Georgian population
ethnicSubdivisionOf Georgian people
ethnoLinguisticGroup Kartvelian peoples
folkloreType Georgian oral tradition
geographicDistribution Guria, western Georgia
linked to: Guria
historicalAffiliation Kingdom of Imereti
Principality of Guria
historicalProvince Guria
knownFor cultural traditions
distinct dialect
folklore
language Georgian language
locatedIn western Georgia
nationalityContext citizens of Georgia
nativeTo Black Sea coastal region of western Georgia
partOf Georgians
region Guria
regionalIdentity Gurian
linked to: Gurians
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Georgian Orthodox Church
state Georgia
traditionalCuisineRegion Guria
traditionalDance Georgian folk dance
traditionalFestivalsRegion Guria
traditionalHousingRegion rural Guria
traditionalMusic Georgian polyphonic singing
traditionalOccupation agriculture
citrus cultivation
tea cultivation
traditionalRegion Guria
traditionalRegionOfResidence southwestern Caucasus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgians ethnicSubgroup Gurians
Kartvelebi ethnicSubgroup Gurians
Gurians regionalIdentity Gurian
linked to: Gurians
Guria subEthnicGroup Gurians
Kartlians sharesCultureWith Gurians
Kartlians relatedGroup Gurians
Imeretians relatedGroup Gurians
Kakhetians neighboringGroups Tushetians
linked to: Gurians
Guria ethnicGroup Gurians
subject linked to: Guria region of modern Georgia