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ABKHAS
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• ABKHAS (noun)
The noun ABKHAS has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea
2. Circassian people living east of the Black Sea
Familiarity information: ABKHAS used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Abkhas; Abkhasian; Abkhaz; Abkhazian
Hypernyms ("Abkhas" is a kind of...):
Circassian (a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia)
Holonyms ("Abkhas" is a member of...):
Abkhaz; Abkhazia (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Circassian people living east of the Black Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Abkhas; Abkhaz
Instance hypernyms:
Circassian (a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia)
Domain region:
Abkhaz; Abkhazia (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability)
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