Abkhazia

See also: Abkházia and Abkhàzia

English

Alternative forms

• Abkhasia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Abkhazia

1. A territory on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus, 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 international community.

Derived terms

• Abkhazian
• Republic of Abkhazia

Related terms

• Abkhaz

Translations

territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia

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

  Cyrillic: Абхазија

  Roman: Abxaziya (az)

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

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

• Czech: Abcházie (cs) f
• Danish: Abkhasien (da)
• Dutch: Abchazië
• Esperanto: 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 (Abuhajia)
• Kabardian: Апхъаз (Apχaz), Азгъей (Azğej)
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• Karachay-Balkar: Хачыпсы (Xaçıpsı)
• Kazakh: Абхазия (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: Abkhasia (no)
• Occitan: Abcazia f
• Ossetian: Абхази (Abxazi)
• Persian: آبخاز (âbxâz), آبخازیه (âbxâziye), آبخازستان (âbxâzestân)
• Polish: Abchazja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Abcázia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਅਬਖ਼ਾਜ਼ੀਆ (pa) m (abaxāzīā)
• Romanian: Abhazia f
• Russian: Абха́зия (ru) f (Abxázija), Адыгея (ru) m pl (Adygea)
• Scots: Abkhazie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Абхазија f

  Roman: 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)
• Tatar: Абхазия (Abxaziyä)
• Telugu: అబ్‌ఖజియా (te) (ab‌khajiyā)
• Thai: อับฮาเซีย (àp-haasia)
• Turkish: Abhazya (tr)
• Turkmen: Abhaziýa
• Ukrainian: Абха́зія f (Abxázija)
• Urdu: ابخازیا (abxāziyā)
• Uzbek: Abxaziya
• Vietnamese: Abkhazia

References

See also

• Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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Galician

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Abkhazia

Derived terms

• abkhazo

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Italian

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Abkhazia

Derived terms

• abkhazo

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Abkhasia, Abkházia, Abcásia, Abecásia, Abcázia
• Abkazia, Abkasia, Abkhásia (rare)

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Abkhazia (a region and unrecognised country in Georgia, Caucasus)

Derived terms

• abcázio

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Spanish

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Alternative form of Abjasia