Lazistan

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لازستان, itself borrowed from Classical Persian لازستان (lāzistān, Lazica; Lazia).

Proper noun[edit]

Lazistan

  1. (historical) The sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.
  2. A historical and cultural region of the southwestern Caucasus and northeastern Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz people, also called Lazona.

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