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Definition of Abkhazia

1. Noun. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability.

Definition of Abkhazia

1. Proper noun. A region in the Caucasus. ¹

2. Proper noun. A de facto country in the Caucasus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abkhazia

Literary usage of Abkhazia

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

1. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"It appears that there is on-going use of mines in Abkhazia by Georgian armed groups. The Ministry of the Interior reported thirty-three landmine casualties ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"OTHERS Abkhazia Background In April 1991, the Republic of Georgia declared ... In 1992, the long standing dispute over the political status of Abkhazia ..."

3. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"There continued to be reports of armed groups from Georgia laying antipersonnel mines in Abkhazia. Georgia has said the government has "neither tacitly nor ..."

4. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"At lower levels the citrus fruit exported to Russian markets from Abkhazia, and to a lesser extent West Georgia, continued to pass through Russian wholesale ..."

5. The New Russian Foreign Policy by Michael Mandelbaum (1998)
"Ossetia and Abkhazia and defeating the September-November 1993 insurrection of Gamsakhurdia in Mingrelia. Under OSCE auspices, peace talks with South ..."

6. Challenges in U.S.-Asian Policy: Hearing Before the Committee on by Nancy Lubin (1999)
"In Georgia where it is Abkhazia— Abkhazia, is that the way you pronounce it? ... Abkhazia. And then, of course, the situation there in Armenia with Nagorno ..."

7. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"United States The US embassy made important interventions and paid much-needed attention to brokering peace in Abkhazia. The State Department demonstrated a ..."

8. Basic Facts about the United Nations by United Nations., UN. Department of Public Information, United Nations Publications (1995)
"Abkhazia has been for centuries the home of a people possessing a ... In 1931, Abkhazia became an autonomous republic within the Soviet Socialist Republic ..."

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