Dvals
Sign in to saveThe Dvals (, Dvalebi; ) were a ethnographic group of Georgians. Their lands lying on both sides of the central Greater Caucasus mountains, somewhere between the Darial and Mamison gorges. This historic territory mostly covers the north of Kartli, parts of the Racha and Khevi regions in Georgia and south of Ossetia in Georgia.
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- Etymology
- History
- Genetics
- Language and origin
- Georgian theory
- Nakh theory
- Ossetian theory
- Accomplishments
- See also
- References
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The Dvals (, Dvalebi; ) were a ethnographic group of Georgians. Their lands lying on both sides of the central Greater Caucasus mountains, somewhere between the Darial and Mamison gorges. This historic territory mostly covers the north of Kartli, parts of the Racha and Khevi regions in Georgia and south of Ossetia in Georgia.
==Etymology== thumb|Circa 19th century photo of Dvali family sisters. The name of the Dvals (, ) is found in old Georgian annals. Their land was called Dvaleti (დვალეთი. Dvalet`i) after them.