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Abkhasian, a. and n.|æbˈkeɪʃ(ɪ)ən; also -zɪən, -ʒən|
Also Abkhazian.
[f. Abkhasia (see def.) + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the U.S.S.R. territory of Abkhasia in the Caucasus.
B. n. One of the Abkhasian people; also, the language of this people.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XV. 609/1 The whole of the north-eastern coast from the mouths of the Kúbán to the Sokhúm, the boundary of Mingrelia, is occupied by the Abkhasians. 1867Cornhill Mag. Oct. 504 Of the early history of the Abkhasian race little is known...Records are wanting among a people who have never committed their vocal sounds to writing; they know that they are Abkhasians, and nothing more. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 258/2 Petty expeditions against the Circassian and Abkhasian tribes. 1879Ibid. X. 433/1 Uslar's ‘Caucasian Family’ comprises the following three great divisions: 1. Western Group. Typical races: Tcherkessians and Abkhasians. 1959E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. iv. xx. 265 The constitutional anomaly of the region was the Abkhazian republic occupying a small coastal strip on the Black Sea. |