Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia.
- noun A member of the predominant, traditionally Muslim or Orthodox Christian ethnic group of Abkhazia.
- noun The Northwest Caucasian language of Abkhazia, also spoken in Georgia and Turkey.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Abkhazia , theAbkhazian people, or their language.
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- noun Circassian people living east of the Black Sea
- adjective of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language
- noun an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
- noun a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such a policy would change the atmosphere and call the Abkhaz bluff – forcing them to negotiate in earnest and confront the issue that holds the key to their future status: Abkhaz responsibilities to their prewar Georgian population.
Bullies of the Caucasus IWPR 2008
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The Abkhaz are a small ethnic group unrelated to the Georgians, who have shared with them for centuries the same beautiful stretch of Black Sea coastline.
Bullies of the Caucasus Thomas de Waal 2008
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Such a policy would change the atmosphere and call the Abkhaz bluff -- forcing them to negotiate in earnest and confront the issue that holds the key to their future status: Abkhaz responsibilities to their prewar Georgian population.
Bullies of the Caucasus Thomas de Waal 2008
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The Abkhaz are a small ethnic group unrelated to the Georgians, who have shared with them for centuries the same beautiful stretch of Black Sea coastline.
Bullies of the Caucasus IWPR 2008
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Throughout his life he tried to force the two language families called Abkhaz-Adyghe and Nakh-Daghestanian into the same, proverbial, round hole.
The Tower of Babel 2007
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Throughout his life he tried to force the two language families called Abkhaz-Adyghe and Nakh-Daghestanian into the same, proverbial, round hole.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Except the so-called Abkhaz border-guards, forces of the Russian Defence Ministry have been deployed to the village of Azhara for security of the region.
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Except the so-called Abkhaz border-guards, forces of the Russian Defence Ministry have been deployed to the village of Azhara for security of the region.
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Except the so-called Abkhaz border-guards, forces of the Russian Defence Ministry have been deployed to the village of
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UNOMIG left its post in the upper Kodori Valley on August 9, promptly upon Abkhaz notification that "Abkhaz" forces were about to seize the area from the Georgians.
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