Iroquois the decentralized political and diplomatic entity that emerged in response to European colonization. According to that theory, "The League" still exists. The Confederacy dissolved after the defeat of the British and allied Iroquois nations in the American Revolutionary War. Today's Iroquois/Six Nations people do not make any distinction between "The League" and "the Confederacy" and use the terms interchangeably, preferring the name Haudenosaunee Confederacy. After the defeat of the British, they ceded most of the Iroquois territory to the United States, without bringing their allies to the negotiating table. Many of the Iroquois migrated to Canada, forced out of New
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"