Ab·kha·zia 
(ăb-kāzhə, -zē-ə, -kä-, äb-)
(ăb-kāzhə, -zē-ə, -kä-, äb-) An autonomous republic of northwest Georgia bordering on Russia and the Black Sea. Georgian troops were forced to withdraw from the region in 1993 after a yearlong war with secessionist rebels.