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Circassian

Cir·cas·sian [ sər kásh'n, sər káshee ən ]


noun 
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Caucasian language group: a group of languages spoken in southern Russia, northern Georgia, and Turkey, belonging to the Abkhaz-Adyghean branch of North Caucasian languages. Native speakers: 1.5 million.

[Mid-16th century. < Circassia, Latinized form of Russian Cherkes]

Cir·cas·sian adjective
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