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ABKHAZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Circassian people living east of the Black Sea
Synonyms:
Abkhas; Abkhaz
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Instance hypernyms:
Circassian (a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia)
Domain region:
Abkhaz; Abkhazia (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
Synonyms:
Abkhaz; Abkhazia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Meronyms (members of "Abkhaz"):
Abkhas; Abkhasian; Abkhaz; Abkhazian (a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea)
Domain member region:
Abkhas; Abkhaz (Circassian people living east of the Black Sea)
Holonyms ("Abkhaz" is a part of...):
Georgia; Sakartvelo (a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea
Synonyms:
Abkhas; Abkhasian; Abkhaz; Abkhazian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Abkhaz" is a kind of...):
Circassian (a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia)
Holonyms ("Abkhaz" is a member of...):
Abkhaz; Abkhazia (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language
Synonyms:
Abkhaz; Abkhazian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Abkhaz (an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability)