Name of Iran their country "Arya", "Iran", "Iranshahr", "Iranzamin" (Land of Iran), "Aryānām" (the equivalent of "Iran" in the proto-Iranian language) or its equivalents. The term "Arya" has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it "Iran", meaning "the land of Aryans" and "Iranshahr". In Middle Persian sources, the name "Arya" and "Iran" is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for
Name of Georgia (country) in Old Armenian "virk"' (վիրք), it being a source of Ancient Greek "iviria" (ιβηρία), that resulted in Latin "hiberia" (i.e. "Iberia"). Today the full, official name of the country in English is "Georgia", as specified in the Georgian constitution which reads ""Georgia" shall be the name of the State of Georgia." Before the 1995 constitution came into force the country's name was the "Republic of Georgia". The Georgian government works actively to remove Russian-derived exonym "Gruziya" from usage around the world. The native Georgian name for the country is Sakartvelo (საქართველო). The word consists of two parts. Its root, "kartvel-i"