Circassian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Circassian
- A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.
- The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.
Translations
language group
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Noun
Circassian (plural Circassians)
- A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
- Synonyms: Cherkess, Cherkessian
- Alternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”)
Translations
native or inhabitant of Circassia
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Adjective
Circassian (comparative more Circassian, superlative most Circassian)
- Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
- 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 3, pages 285-286:
- But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved graceful as the Circassian maidens, to whom they are so often compared in eastern song.
Translations
of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
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See also
- Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh, Abkhazian
- Adyghe language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , Ubykh language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , Kabardian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , Abkhaz language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Circassian, ady , Ethnologue entry for Circassian, kbd , Ethnologue entry for Circassian, abk , Ethnologue entry for Circassian, uby
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