Gurians

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ethnic group regional Georgian ethnic group

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gurian 1
Tushetians 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
regional Georgian ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Samegrelo ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea coastal culture of Georgia

western Georgian cultural area ⓘ
autonymLanguage Georgian language ⓘ
surface form: Georgian
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 languages ⓘ
surface form: Kartvelian peoples
folkloreType Georgian oral tradition ⓘ
geographicDistribution Guria ⓘ
surface form: Guria, western Georgia
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 Gurians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gurian
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Georgians → ethnicSubgroup → Gurians ⓘ
Kartvelebi → ethnicSubgroup → Gurians ⓘ
Kakhetians → neighboringGroups → Gurians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tushetians
Gurians → regionalIdentity → Gurians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gurian
Imeretians → relatedGroup → Gurians ⓘ
Kartlians → relatedGroup → Gurians ⓘ
Kartlians → sharesCultureWith → Gurians ⓘ
Guria → subEthnicGroup → Gurians ⓘ