Abcásia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Abecásia
• Abkhazia (unadapted form)
• Abkazia, Abkhasia, Abkasia, Abkhásia, Abkházia, Abcázia (rare, proscribed)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈka.zi.ɐ/ [a.biˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.biˈka.zjɐ/, /abˈka.zi.ɐ/ [abˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abˈka.zjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈka.zi.ɐ/ [a.biˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.biˈka.zjɐ/, /abˈka.zi.ɐ/ [abˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abˈka.zjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /abˈka.zi.a/ [abˈka.zɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /abˈka.zja/, /a.biˈka.zi.a/ [a.biˈka.zɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /a.biˈka.zja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbka.zjɐ/ [ɐˈβka.zjɐ], /ɐ.bɨˈka.zjɐ/ [ɐ.βɨˈka.zjɐ]

• Hyphenation: Ab‧cá‧si‧a

Proper noun

Abcásia f

1. Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community)