Gutani Street

Overview

Gutani Street (Georgian: გუთნის ქუჩა) is a street in Avlabari, in the Isani district of Tbilisi (the Zemo Avlabari–Metromsheni quarter). According to OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, it starts in the west at Tsminda Ketevan Dedofali Avenue (St. Queen Ketevan Avenue) and runs almost straight east to Tsinandali Street.

According to OSM, the street is about 0.65 km long (a main section of about 620 m plus two short one-way links to the avenue). It is mapped in OSM as a residential street with an asphalt surface. In address data its postcode is 0144. The name comes from the Georgian word gutani, “plough”.

Location

The western end of the street is on Tsminda Ketevan Dedofali Avenue (about 41.6895° N, 44.8200° E), where two short one-way sections join the avenue. About 100 m from there Gutani 1st Dead End branches off to the south, and at about 150 m Gutani 2nd Dead End. At about 180 m Giorgi Nioradze Street and Iliko Kurkhuli Street join it.

The street then runs east: at about 330 m Telavi Lane joins it, at about 400 m Telavi Street, and at about 470 m Aleksandre Khakhanashvili Street. At about 530 m Gutani 1st Lane branches off to the north, linking it to Priest Teodore Chikhladze Street and Akhmeta Street. The street ends at Tsinandali Street (about 41.6898° N, 44.8276° E). Its midpoint is at about 41.6900° N, 44.8237° E.

In OSM and Nominatim address data, the street belongs to the Avlabari neighbourhood and the Zemo Avlabari, Metromsheni quarter. The nearest metro station is 300 Aragveli, about 210 m from the street in a straight line; Avlabari metro station is about 460 m from its western end. At the western end, on Tsminda Ketevan Dedofali Avenue, there is a bus stop named “Gutani Street”.

Name

The street’s name comes from the Georgian word gutani (გუთანი, genitive გუთნის), meaning “plough”; OSM records this farm implement as the etymology of the street’s name. No official document stating when the street was named could be found (a search on matsne.gov.ge returned no results). In national romanisation of the nominative, the name is written Gutani Street; OSM writes the side lanes as “Gutni”.

A plough is an agricultural implement for primary tillage — ploughing, that is, turning over and loosening the soil. According to Georgian Wikipedia, the plough has been known since ancient times: primitive ploughs are depicted in Egyptian and Babylonian art, and images of ploughs from the 2nd millennium BC survive on rocks in northern Italy and southern Sweden.

Nearby places

• Georgian National University (SEU) — about 85 m.

• Public School No. 89 — about 110 m.

• Church of St. Andrew the First-Called — about 125 m.

• Georgian Aviation University — about 170 m.

• 300 Aragveli metro station — about 210 m.

• Avlabari Printing House (museum) — about 230 m.

Distances are straight-line, calculated from OSM coordinates to the nearest point of the street.

FAQ

1) Where is Gutani Street?
In Avlabari, in the Isani district of Tbilisi (Zemo Avlabari–Metromsheni quarter): from Tsminda Ketevan Dedofali Avenue east to Tsinandali Street.

2) What does the street’s name mean?
It comes from the Georgian word gutani, “plough”, the farm implement used to till the soil.

3) How long is the street?
According to OSM, about 0.65 km (the main section is about 620 m).

4) Which streets does it connect to?
Tsminda Ketevan Dedofali Avenue, Giorgi Nioradze, Iliko Kurkhuli, Telavi, Aleksandre Khakhanashvili and Tsinandali streets, and Telavi Lane.

5) What lanes and dead ends does it have?
Gutani 1st Lane (towards Chikhladze and Akhmeta streets) and Gutani 1st and 2nd Dead Ends.

6) What is the nearest metro station?
300 Aragveli, about 210 m in a straight line; Avlabari is about 460 m away.

7) Are there educational institutions nearby?
Yes: the Georgian National University (SEU), Public School No. 89 and the Georgian Aviation University are all within about 200 m.

8) What is the postcode?
According to address data, 0144.

9) Why “Gutani” and not “Gutni”?
Gutni is the genitive form used in the Georgian name; national romanisation of the nominative gives Gutani Street, the form also used in OSM.

Sources

• Gutani Street — OpenStreetMap

• Gutani Street (link to the avenue) — OpenStreetMap

• Gutani 1st Lane — OpenStreetMap

• Avlabari — OpenStreetMap

• Zemo Avlabari, Metromsheni — OpenStreetMap

• 300 Aragveli metro station — OpenStreetMap

• Avlabari metro station — OpenStreetMap

• Georgian National University — OpenStreetMap

• Public School No. 89 — OpenStreetMap

• Church of St. Andrew the First-Called — OpenStreetMap

• Georgian Aviation University — OpenStreetMap

• Avlabari Printing House — OpenStreetMap

• Gutani (plough) — Georgian Wikipedia

• Avlabari — English Wikipedia