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Definition of Abkhas
1. Noun. A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea.
Exact synonyms: Abkhasian, Abkhaz, Abkhazian
Group relationships: Abkhaz, Abkhazia
Generic synonyms: Circassian
Group relationships: Abkhaz, Abkhazia
Generic synonyms: Circassian
2. Noun. Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
Definition of Abkhas
1. Proper noun. (context: ethnography)(alternate form of Abkhazian) ¹
2. Noun. (context: ethnography) (alternate form of Abkhazian) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abkhas
Literary usage of Abkhas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"Until recently they peopled the country between Taman and the confines of the
abkhas country, as well as the great and little ..."
2. Notes on the Caucasus by Elim Henry D'Avigdor (1883)
"kess closely coincide with those of all the nominally converted (but in reality
pagan) mountaineers of the Caucasus, such as the abkhas, ..."