The Lithuanian State Language Commission approved the new name of Georgia - Sakartvelo. It was also noted that the word Georgia can continue to be used in "public space", but all official documentation will use the word Sakartvelo. Sakartvelo is the name of Georgia used by the residents of the country themselves. This word comes from the name of the people who lived on the territory of present-day Georgia - the Kartvelians. The word Georgia came to our language in XVII-XVIII centuries from the Arabic word Gurjistan.