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ABKHAS

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Overview

ABKHAS (noun)
  The noun ABKHAS has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Seaplay

2. Circassian people living east of the Black Seaplay

  Familiarity information: ABKHAS used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ABKHAS (noun)


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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