Lazistan
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لازستان, itself borrowed from Classical Persian لازستان (lāzistān, “Lazica; Lazia”).
Proper noun
[edit]Lazistan
- (historical) The sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.
- A historical and cultural region of the southwestern Caucasus and northeastern Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz people, also called Lazona.