Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Circassia.
- noun The Caucasian language of the Circassians.
- adjective Of or relating to Circassia or its people, language, or culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or inhabiting Circassia, a district of Russia (until 1864 an independent territory) situated on the northern slope of the Caucasus, and bordering on the Black Sea.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Circassia; specifically, one of the native race of Circassia, distinguished for the fine physical formation of its members, especially its women.
- noun [⟨lowercase] Same as
circassienne .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A North
Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West CaucasusRussia . - proper noun Sometimes, used for
Adyghe ,Kabardian ,Ubykh and evenAbkhazian languages - noun A native or inhabitant of
Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared byAdygea ,Kabardino-Balkaria andKarachay-Cherkessia ) including Adyghes, Ubykhs, Abkhazs. - adjective Of or pertaining to
Circassia or Circassians
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia
- noun a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia
- noun a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
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Examples
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Hellenes said that it hung in Colchis, which we call the Circassian coast, nailed to a beech tree in the war-god's wood; and that it was the fleece of the wondrous ram, who bore Phrixus and Helle across the Euxine
Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Various 1880
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The article was about an event called The Circassian National Forum that took place on April 4 in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, and was deleted from the website after about an hour.
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In the 1870s, a number of the tribe's young men died when they were part of a salvage operation of a ship called the Circassian, which sank before they could return to shore.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Its wood, too, under the name of "Circassian," is famous for its figured beauty [3].
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Her own family origins are Circassian-Turkish and Arabian; her father is an economist, and her mother is a social activist.
Women To Watch In Asia Forbes Staff 2010
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And he could also rely on the loyalty of those elite officers and troops of Circassian ancestry.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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Back to the blanket labelization of Islam as the enemy; I wonder if GB is aware there are Moslem soldiers in the IDF, both Bedouin and Circassian?
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About this time, the patriarch of a prominent Circassian family said of the Palestinians: Savages!
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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One was Djilfidan, "a tall Circassian slave with knee-length, jet-black hair," who in August 1844 gave birth at Zanzibar to a daughter, Salme.
Book review of "The Sultan's Shadow," about a 19th-century Arab princess. 2010
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About this time, the patriarch of a prominent Circassian family said of the Palestinians: Savages!
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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