Circassian Definition

sər-kăshən, -kăshē-ən
noun
A member of a group of Caucasian peoples of Circassia.
Webster's New World
A person living in Circassia.
Webster's New World
The North Caucasian language spoken in Circassia.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.

Wiktionary

Sometimes, used for Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh and even Abkhazian languages.

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adjective
Of Circassia or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Circassian

Noun

Singular:
Circassian
Plural:
circassians

Origin of Circassian

Circassian Sentence Examples

  • But since the Russians became masters of this region, its former inhabitants (Circassian tribes) have emigrated in thousands, so that the country is now only thinly inhabited.

  • The next seven years were occupied with the subjugation of the Abkhasians along the Black Sea coast, and of other Circassian tribes in the west.

  • In 1481 the sultan was believed to be projecting a campaign against the Circassian rulers of Syria and Egypt, when he died at Gebze.

  • P Europe, after the suppression of a revolt of the governor of Damascus, who had thought to take advantage of the new sultan's accession to restore the independent rule of the Circassian chiefs.

  • His father was Turkish, his mother Albanian, and he had a Circassian grandmother.

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Words Starting With

CCICIR

Words Ending With

NANIAN

Unscrambles

Circassian

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CI & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With AN

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With C10 Letter Words Ending With N