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ABKHAZIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 "Abkhazia"):
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 ("Abkhazia" 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)