Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of Georgia — the country in the Caucasus, between Russia and Turkey, not the American state.

Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of GeorgiaTbilisi是喬治亞的首都、也是最大的城市 — the country in the Caucasus, between Russia and Turkey喬治亞是高加索地區的國家，位在俄羅斯和土耳其之間, not the American state不是美國的喬治亞州。

It sits in a narrow valley on the Kura River, and its old town is known for wooden balconies, sulphur bathhouses, and churches that are more than a thousand years old.

It sits in a narrow valley on the Kura River它座落在庫拉河邊的一個狹長山谷裡, and its old town is known for wooden balconies, sulphur bathhouses, and churches that are more than a thousand years old而它的舊城區以木頭陽台、硫磺浴場，還有超過千年歷史的教堂聞名。

The name is a lovely piece of history: it comes from an old Georgian word meaning 'warm', because of the natural hot springs the city grew up around. The story Georgians tell is that a king was hunting, his bird fell into a hot spring, and he decided to build a city on the spot.

The name is a lovely piece of history這個名字背後有段很美的歷史: it comes from an old Georgian word meaning 'warm'它來自一個意思是「溫暖」的古喬治亞語詞, because of the natural hot springs the city grew up around因為這座城市就是圍繞著天然溫泉發展起來的。The story Georgians tell is that a king was hunting喬治亞人流傳的故事是說有個國王在打獵, his bird fell into a hot spring他的獵鷹掉進了一處溫泉裡, and he decided to build a city on the spot於是他決定就在那個地方建一座城市。

In older English books you may see it written Tiflis, which was the Russian-influenced form used until the 1930s — if you read something from that period, that is the same city.

In older English books you may see it written Tiflis在比較舊的英文書裡你可能會看到它寫成Tiflis, which was the Russian-influenced form used until the 1930s這是受俄語影響的拼法，用到1930年代 — if you read something from that period, that is the same city如果你讀到那個年代的資料，指的就是同一座城市。

It is pronounced roughly 'tuh-bee-LEE-see'; the 'tb' at the start feels impossible to English speakers too, so you are in good company.

It is pronounced roughly 'tuh-bee-LEE-see'它大概唸成'tuh-bee-LEE-see'; the 'tb' at the start feels impossible to English speakers too開頭的'tb'對英語母語人士來說也覺得很難唸, so you are in good company所以你不是唯一覺得難唸的人。