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==Toponymy== Akhaltsikhe is the [[Georgian language|Georgian]] name of the town, which literally means "new fortress". It is attested in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] sources as {{transliteration|ar|Akhiskha}} (and {{transliteration|ar|Akhsikhath}}), in [[Persian language|Persian]] as {{transliteration|fa|Akhesqeh}} (also spelled as {{transliteration|fa|Akheshkheh}}), and in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] sources as {{transliteration|ota|Ahıska}}.<ref name="EI2">{{EI2|last=Minorsky|first=V.|authorlink=Vladimir Minorsky|title=Ak̲h̲isk̲h̲a|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/akhiskha-SIM_0470?s.num=67&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.start=60&s.q=ottoman+persian|volume=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem M.|authorlink=Willem Floor|title=Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri|date=2008|publisher=Mage Publishers|location=Washington, DC|isbn=978-1933823232|page=140}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Sanjian |first=Avetis K. |editor-first1=Avedis K. |editor-last1=Sanjian |title=Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.4159/harvard.9780674432635/html |volume=2 |page=395 |year=2013 |access-date= |series=Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies |publisher=Harvard University Press |language=en |doi=10.4159/harvard.9780674432635 |isbn=978-0-674-43263-5|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Azerbaijani village of [[Axısxa]] is also named after it, due to the population of the village originating from Akhaltsikhe.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.lib.az/users/1/upload/files/Azerbaycan_toponimlerinin_ensiklopedik_lugeti.pdf |title=Azərbaycan Toponimlərinin Ensiklopedik Lüğəti |publisher=Sharg-Garb Publishing and Printing House |year=2007 |volume=1 |page=34 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070622/https://www.lib.az/users/1/upload/files/Azerbaycan_toponimlerinin_ensiklopedik_lugeti.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-30 |language=az |trans-title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijani Toponyms |quote=Axısxa: Sabirabad r-nunun eyniadlı i.ə.v.-də kənd. Kür çayının sol sahilində, şirvan düzündədir. 1944-cü ildə Gürcüstanın Axısxa r-nundan Qazaxıstana və Orta Asiyaya sürgün edilmiş, 60-cı illərdə isə Azərbaycana köçmüş türk ailələri tərəfindən salınmış yaşayış məntəqəsi onların köhnə məskənlərinin adı ilə adlandırılmışdır. Mənbələrdə axısxa/axsıxa Axalsix qalasının adı, Axal isə təkə-türkmənlərin yaşadığı yer kimi izah olunur.}}</ref>
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