''Dittionario giorgiano e italiano'' is a dictionary in the Georgian language and

Italian language Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about ...

. It was printed in

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, Italy in 1629 by Stefano Paolini along with the then Georgian ambassador Niceforo Irbachi Giorgiano. It is first book printed in the Georgian language using movable type. It was primarily meant to help missionaries learn the Georgian language and promote

Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

. The book was the inaugural publication of a printing house which was located close to the Angelicum University and above

Trajan's Market Trajan's Market (; ) is a large complex of ruins in the city of Rome, Italy, located on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, at the opposite end to the Colosseum. The surviving buildings and structures, built as an integral part of Trajan's Forum and ne ...

, where it remained in use by

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until 1870. A bilingual Georgian-Italian commemorative plaque was installed jointly in 2011 by the Roman municipality and the Georgian embassy in Rome.

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