Ab·khaz  ( ăb-k ăz , äb-käz ) also Ab·kha·zian ( ăb-k āzh ən, -z ē- ən, -kä -, äb-)
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n. pl. Abkhazor Ab·khaz·es 1. a. A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia. b. A member of the predominant, traditionally Muslim or Orthodox Christian ethnic group of Abkhazia. 2. The Northwest Caucasian language of Abkhazia, also spoken in Georgia and Turkey.
[Russian, from Georgian Abxazi, from Greek Abasgos, probably of Northwest Caucasian origin; compare Abaza (Northwest Caucasian language of western Abkhazia) and Abkhaz Abaza, Abaza.]
Ab·khazian adj. |