Kartvelophile

A Kartvelophile (Georgian: ქართველოფილი) is a person who is fond of, admires or loves Georgian culture, Georgian history, Georgian language, Georgian cuisine, Georgian people 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.

The British hard-rock legend Ian Gillan and his wife Bron, dressed in Georgian national costumes, in Tbilisi during Gillan's 1990 visit to the Soviet Union.

Typical interests

• Georgian wine
• Georgian cuisine
• Georgian language
• Georgian scripts
• Georgian calligraphy

Notable Kartvelophiles

• Jean Chardin
• Alexandre Dumas
• Mihály Zichy
• Heinrich Böll
• Marjory Wardrop
• Oliver Wardrop
• Marie-Félicité Brosset
• Michael McFaul[1]
• Federico Fellini
• Francis Ford Coppola[2]
• Anastasia Zavorotnyuk[3]
• Victoria Lopyreva[4]
• Eldar Ryazanov[5]
• Hugo Huppert

See also

• Russophilia
• Persophilia

References

1. The Georgia Syndrome by James Traub, Aug 13, 2010
2. Фрэнсис Форд Коппола любит грузинскую кухню и не любит 3D
3. Звезды шоу бизнеса любят грузинскую кухню!
4. ГЕНАЦВАЛЕ. Виктория Лопырёва
5. "Эльдар Рязанов: «Я люблю Грузию»". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-15.