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The most accepted variant of the Tbilisi foundation legend says that in the middle of the 5th century AD, King Vakhtang I Gorgasali hunted in the area heavily forested with a hawk. The King's hawk caught or injured a pheasant during the hunt, after which both birds fell into a nearby hot spring and died from burns. King Vakhtang became so impressed by the hot springs that he decided to cut down the forest and build a city. The name Tbilisi comes from the Old Georgian word "tbili", which means wa..... more details about Tbilisi