GOGARE´NE
GOGARE´NE (
Γωγαρηνή), a canton of Armenia, which Strabo (xi p,. 528) places to the N. of the Cyrus.
It is the same as the Armenian
Koukar or
Kowkark'h, and is represented by the modern
Akhaltskhlaï, lying between
Guria, Imiretia, Georgia, and the river
Jorák. St. Martin (
Mém. sur l'Armsenie, vol. i. p. 81) corrects the reading
Ὠβαρηνοί in Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v.) into
Γωγαρηνοί. [
E.B.J]