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The following is a list of the 23 stations of the Tbilisi Metro, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Akhmeteli-Varketili Line (First Line)

• Varketili (Georgian: ვარკეთილი), literally meaning "I'm kind", is a city suburb to which the station serves.
• Samgori (სამგორი), literally "three hills", is a district where the metro station is located.
• Isani (ისანი), a district where the metro station is located. The word "Isani" is of Arab etymology, meaning "a stronghold".
• 300 Aragveli (300 არაგველი), named in honor to the 300 soldiers from the Aragvi River valley who fell, defending Tbilisi against the Persians in 1795.
• Avlabari (ავლაბარი), a historic district where the metro station is situated. Formerly known as 26 Komisari after the 26 Baku Commissars. The Arab-derived place name "Avlabari" is literally translated as "an area beyond the wall".
• Liberty Square (თავისუფლების მოედანი), the city's central square to which the station serves. Formerly known as Leninis Moedani (Lenin Square) after Vladimir Lenin the first Soviet Leader.
• Rustaveli (რუსთაველი), named after famous medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. The Station is located next to the Shota Rustaveli statue, which is located at the end of Rustaveli Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare.
• Marjanishvili (მარჯანიშვილი), located on the street and on the square named after Konstantine Marjanishvili, 1872-1933, a prominent Georgian theater director and playwright.
• Station Square 1 (სადგურის მოედანი), a square where the Central Railway Station is located, transfer station to Saburtalo Line.
• Nadzaladevi (ნაძალადევი), a district where the station is located. Formerly known as Oktomberi (October) after the October Revolution. "Nadzaladevi" (literally, "taken by force") was a name given to the area along the railway occupied by the workers, in the 1880s, despite the official ban. This district was also known as Nakhalovka (Russian: Нахаловка), a name which has survived in common speech to this day.
• Gotsiridze (გოცირიძე), named after the engineer Viktor Gotsiridze. Formerly called Elektrodepo (ელექტროდეპო) ("The Electro-Depot").
• Didube (დიდუბე), is a district to which the station serves. The name Didube itself means "a large plain".
• Ghrmaghele (ღრმაღელე), a suburb where the station is located. The name is literally translated as "a deep spring".
• Guramishvili (გურამიშვილი), named so after the poet Davit Guramishvili, 1705-1792). The Station itself is located on the avenue named after Davit Guramishvili.
• Sarajishvili (სარაჯიშვილი), named after the philanthropist David Sarajishvili, 1848-1911.
• Akhmetelis Theatre (ახმეტელის თეატრი), named so after the theatre director Alexandre Akhmeteli, 1886-1937, who was purged under Joseph Stalin. Formerly known as Gldani after the district to which the station serves.

Saburtalo Line

• Station Square 2 (სადგურის მოედანი), a square where the Central Railway Station is located, transfer station to Akhmeteli-Varketili Line (First Line).
• Tsereteli (წერეთელი), located on the avenue named after the national poet Akaki Tsereteli(1840-1915).
• Technical University (ტექნიკური უნივერსიტეტი), named after Georgian Technical University, located nearby. Formerly known as Politeknikuri Instituti.
• Medical University (სამედიცინო უნივერსიტეტი), named after Tbilisi State Medical University, located nearby. It was formerly known as Komkavshiri, i.e. Komsomol.
• Delisi (დელისი), formerly known as Gotsiridze (გოცირიძე) after a metro engineer, Viktor Gotsiridze.
• Vazha-Pshavela (ვაჟა-ფშაველა), located on the avenue named after the poet Vazha-Pshavela(1861-1915). The station is almost right under Vazha-Pshavela statue.
• State University (სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი), named after the nearby located campus of the Tbilisi State University.

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