Definition of Abkhaz

1. Noun. A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea.

Exact synonyms: Abkhas, Abkhasian, Abkhazian
Group relationships: Abkhazia
Generic synonyms: Circassian

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language.
Exact synonyms: Abkhazian
Partainyms: Abkhazia

3. Noun. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability.
Exact synonyms: Abkhazia
Geographical relationships: Abkhas
Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: Georgia, Sakartvelo
Member holonyms: Abkhas, Abkhasian, Abkhazian

4. Noun. Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
Exact synonyms: Abkhas
Generic synonyms: Circassian
Geographical relationships: Abkhazia

Definition of Abkhaz

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Abkhazia. ¹

2. Noun. A person who is from Abkhazia. ¹

3. Proper noun. A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abkhaz

Abigail
Abigaille
Abila
Abilene
Abimelech
Abington
Abipones
Abipón
Abitibi
Abitibian
Abitibis
Abiturient
Abkhas
Abkhasian
Abkhasians
Abkhaz (current term)
Abkhazia
Abkhazian
Abkhazians
Ablepharus
Abnaki
Abnakis
Abner
Abney level
Abney levels
Abo
Abomey
Abon
Abongo
Abongos

Literary usage of Abkhaz

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Land of the Czar by O. W. Wahl (1875)
"... of the Abkhaz) inhabit the northeastern slope of the Caucasus, and, under the name of ... and the Abkhaz (120000). The ancients called them ..."

2. The New Russian Foreign Policy by Michael Mandelbaum (1998)
"against Abkhaz fighters, hinting at a possible loss of its bases.'°4 Both Shevardnadze and the Georgian parliament have at various times called for the ..."

3. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Ad Hoc Missions, Permanent Engagement by Ramesh Chandra Thakur, Albrecht Schnabel (2001)
"In 1993, Abkhaz forces gradually advanced southward, benefiting from a substantial ... By July 1993 they had advanced as far as the Abkhaz capital, Sukhumi. ..."

4. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"More than 200 people were reported killed and approximately 30.000 fled after Abkhaz militia swept through villages in the Gali region in a deliberate ..."

5. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Country Studies by Glenn Eldon Curtis (1995)
"On one hand, a long history of ill will between the Abkhaz and the Georgians was complicated by the minority status of the Abkhaz within the autonomous ..."

6. The Rise of Nations in the Soviet Union: American Foreign Policy and the by Michael Mandelbaum (1991)
"Abkhazians, numbering fewer than 100000, make up only 17 percent of the Abkhaz autonomous republic's population, but they had been accorded cultural and ..."

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