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Mingrelian, n. and a.|mɪŋˈgriːlɪən, mɪn-|
Also 7–8 Mengrelian.
[f. Mingrelia (see below) + -an.]
A. n.
a. A member of the people inhabiting Mingrelia, an area of the Kutais region of the Caucasus.
b. The language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1639[see Circassian n. 1]. 1690Locke Hum. Und. i. iii. 18 The Mengrelians, a People professing Christianity. a1791[see Georgian a.2 1]. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 257/2 The Mingrelians..extend from the Zenesquali on the east to the Ingur and the Black Sea on the west, while the lower course of the Rion may be considered as constituting their limit on the south. 1883Ibid. XVI. 437/1 The Mingrelians (still almost exclusively confined to the Mingrelian territory, and numbering 197,000) are closely akin to the Georgians. 1921[see Kirghiz n. and a.]. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. xii. 375 South Caucasian..consists of four languages: Georgian.., Mingrelian, Laz, and Svanian. 1959Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 356/1 The chief languages are:..Mingrelian, Lazic, Svanetian. Ibid. XI. 430/1 The Georgians, Mingrelians and Armenians of the Caucasus. 1973Observer 15 Apr. 39/1 The Beria Papers by Alan Williams... Brash English journalist and rip-roaring Russian defector, with linguistic help from beautiful Mingrelian. |