Abkhazia

See also: Abkházia and Abkhàzia

English

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Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Imereti

Samegrelo

Guria

Adjara

Upper Svaneti

Lower Svaneti

Lechkhumi

Kartli

Kakheti

Lower Kartli

Racha

Meskheti

Tori

Trialeti

Javakheti

Tusheti

Khevi

Khevsureti

Mtiuleti

Pshavi

Ertso-Tianeti

  The historical regions located within the borders of the modern Republic of Georgia. Some remain the top-level administrative divisions (Mkhare) even today.

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Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Imereti

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti

Guria

Adjara

Samtskhe-Javakheti

Kvemo Kartli

Tbilisi

Shida Kartli

Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Kakheti

  The top-level administrative divisions (Mkhare) of the Republic of Georgia.

Alternative forms

• Abkhasia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), ultimately from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/, /æbˈkeɪ.ʒə/, /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ə/, /æbˈkɑ.ʒi.ə/, /æbˈkɑ.zi.ə/

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Proper noun

Abkhazia

2. A geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community.
4. Kingdom of Abkhazia (a former kingdom in the Caucasus region).

Derived terms

• Abkhazian
• Principality of Abkhazia
• Republic of Abkhazia

Related terms

• Abkhaz

Translations

territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia

• Abaza: Апсны (Apsnə), Аҧсны
• Abkhaz: Аԥсны (Apsnə), Аҧсны (Apsnə), Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Apsnə Aḥʷəntkarra), Аҧсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Apsnə Aḥʷəntkarra)
• Adyghe: Азгъей (Azğej), Адзыгъэй (Adzəğɛj)
• Afrikaans: Abchasië
• Albanian: Abkhazia (sq)
• Arabic: أَبْخَازْيَا f (ʔabḵāzyā)
• Aragonese: Abkhasia f
• Armenian: Աբխազիա (Abxazia)
• Assamese: আবোসাজিয়া (abüxazia)
• Azerbaijani:

  Cyrillic: Абхазија

  Latin: Abxaziya (az)

• Belarusian: Абха́зія f (Abxázija)
• Bengali: আবখাজিয়া (bn) (abkhajiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Абха́зия f (Abházija)
• Catalan: Abkhàzia (ca) f
• Chechen: Абхази (Abxazi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿布哈茲 / 阿布哈兹 (zh) (Ābùhāzī)

• Czech: Abcházie (cs) f
• Danish: Abkhasien (da)
• Dutch: Abchazië (nl)
• Esperanto: Abĥazio, Abĥazujo
• Estonian: Abhaasia (et)
• Faroese: Abkasia n
• Finnish: Abhasia (fi)
• French: Abkhazie (fr) f
• Galician: Abkhazia (gl)
• Georgian: აფხაზეთი (ka) (apxazeti)
• German: Abchasien (de) n
• Greek: Αμπχαζία (el) f (Ampchazía)
• Hebrew: אַבְּחַזְיָה f (abkhaziya)
• Hindi: अबख़ाज़िया (abxāziyā)
• Hungarian: Abházia (hu)
• Icelandic: Abkasía
• Indonesian: Abkhazia
• Irish: an Abcáis f
• Italian: Abcasia f, Abkhazia f
• Japanese: アブハジア (ja) (Abuhajia)
• Kabardian: Апхъаз (Apꭓaz), Азгъей (Azğej)
• Kalmyk: Апсин Таңһч (Apsin Tañğç)
• Karachay-Balkar: Хачыпсы (Xaçıpsı)
• Kazakh: Абхазия (kk) (Abxaziä)
• Khmer: អាផ្ស់និ (apʰs-nɨ)
• Korean: 압하스 (Aphaseu)
• Kyrgyz: Абхазия (ky) (Abhaziya)
• Latvian: Abhāzija f
• Lithuanian: Abchazija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Абха́зија f (Abházija), Апха́зија (Apházija)
• Malay: Abkhazia
• Mongolian: Абхази (Abxazi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Abkhasia (no)

• Occitan: Abcazia f
• Ossetian: Абхази (Abxazi)
• Persian: آبخاز (âbxâz), آبخازیه (âbxâziye), آبخازستان (âbxâzestân)
• Polish: Abchazja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Abcázia (pt) f, Abecásia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਅਬਖ਼ਾਜ਼ੀਆ (pa) m (abaxāzīā)
• Romanian: Abhazia f
• Russian: Абха́зия (ru) f (Abxázija)
• Scots: Abkhazie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Абхазија f

  Latin: Abhazija f

• Sinhalese: අබ්‍ගාසියාව (abgāsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Abcházsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Abhazija f
• Spanish: Abjasia (es) f
• Swedish: Abchazien (sv)
• Tagalog: Abkasya
• Tajik: Абхозия (tg) (Abxoziya)
• Tamil: அப்காசியா (apkāciyā)
• Tatar: Абхазия (Abxaziyä)
• Telugu: అబ్‌ఖజియా (te) (ab‌khajiyā)
• Thai: อับฮาเซีย (àp-haasia)
• Turkish: Abhazya (tr)
• Turkmen: Abhaziýa
• Ubykh: Азӷашәабла (Azğaŝʷabla)
• Ukrainian: Абха́зія f (Abxázija)
• Urdu: ابخازیا (abxāziyā)
• Uzbek: Abxaziya
• Vietnamese: Abkhazia

See also

• Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija) and Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abkas̻ia/ [aβ̞.ka.s̻i.a]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abxas̻ia/ [aβ̞.xa.s̻i.a]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /abxas̻ia/ [aβ̞.xa.s̻i.a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /abxas̺ia/ [aβ̞.xa.s̺i.a]

• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: Ab‧kha‧zi‧a

Proper noun

Abkhazia inan

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)

Declension

Declension of Abkhazia (inan a-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Abkhazia
ergative	Abkhaziak
dative	Abkhaziari
genitive	Abkhaziaren
comitative	Abkhaziarekin
causative	Abkhaziarengatik
benefactive	Abkhaziarentzat
instrumental	Abkhaziaz
innesive	Abkhazian
locative	Abkhaziako
allative	Abkhaziara
terminative	Abkhaziaraino
directive	Abkhaziarantz
destinative	Abkhaziarako
ablative	Abkhaziatik
partitive	Abkhaziarik
prolative	Abkhaziatzat

Derived terms

• abkhazera (“Abkhazian language”)
• abkhaziar (“Abkhazian person”)
• abkhaziera (“Abkhazian language”)

Further reading

• “162.- Anatoliako eta Hego Kaukasoko toponimia [Toponymy of Anatolia and the South Caucasus]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2011

Galician

Alternative forms

• Abcásia (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Abkhazia 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)

Derived terms

• abkhazo

Italian

Proper noun

Abkhazia 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)

Derived terms

• abkhazo

Portuguese

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): /ɐ.bɨˈka.zjɐ/ [ɐ.βɨˈka.zjɐ], /ɐˈbka.zjɐ/ [ɐˈβka.zjɐ]

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. alternative spelling of Abcásia: 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)

Spanish

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. nonstandard form of Abjasia