What is "akhaltsikhe"

n. 1 (w: Akhaltsikhe Municipality), a district of Georgia, in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti 2 A town in (w: Akhaltsikhe Municipality), with a substantial population of Armenians

Akhaltsikhe ( , literally "new castle"; formerly known as Lomsia) is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region ( mkhare) of Samtskhe-Javakheti. It is situated on the both banks of a small river Potskhovi, which separates the city to the old city in the north and new in the south.