A Kartvelophile ( ka, ქართველოფილი) is a person who is fond of, admires or loves

Georgian culture The culture of Georgia has evolved over the country's long history, providing it with a unique national identity and a strong literary tradition based on the Georgian language and alphabet. This strong sense of national identity has helped to pre ...

, Georgian history,

Georgian language Georgian (, , ) is the most widely-spoken Kartvelian language, and serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages. It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 87.6% of its p ...

, Georgian cuisine,

Georgian people The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, G ...

or Georgia in general or even exhibits Georgian nationalism in spite of not being an ethnic Georgian. Such love of Georgia and everything Georgian is called "Kartvelophilia". Its opposite is Kartvelophobia.

Typical interests

* Georgian wine * Georgian cuisine *

Georgian literature The culture of Georgia has evolved over the country's long history, providing it with a unique national identity and a strong literary tradition based on the Georgian language and alphabet. This strong sense of national identity has helped to pr ...

Georgian scripts The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written ho ...

* Georgian calligraphy

Notable Kartvelophiles

Lyn Coffin Lyn Coffin (born November 12, 1943) is an American poet, writer, translator, and editor. Biography She has been an Associate Editor of the ''Michigan Quarterly Review'' and previously taught English at the University of Washington, Renton High S ...

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...

Victoria Lopyreva Victoria Petrovna Lopyreva (russian: Виктория Петровна Лопырёва, Viktoriya Petrovna Lopyryova; born 26 July 1983) is a Russian television presenter, actress, model, blogger, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Mi ...

* Michael McFaul * Simon Sebag Montefiore * Eldar Ryazanov *

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk Anastasia Yuryevna Zavorotnyuk (russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Заворотнюк; born April 3, 1971) is a Russian actress and television presenter. She is best known for her lead role on '' My Fair Nanny'' (2004–2009). Early ...

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References

{{Cultural appreciation Culture of Georgia (country) Admiration of foreign cultures Orientalism by type

Typical interests

Notable Kartvelophiles

See also

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