Abkhaz
- adjective
- /æbˈkɑz/
:
abjasio
- Shevardnadze evidently wants to elicit a commitment of American military power to his side to impose peace and supplant the Russian forces that are now maintaining a trace on the Abkhaz-Georgian border.
Examples
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The Abkhaz language is a North Caucasian language spoken primarily in Abkhazia.
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This argument has parallels to the Georgia-Abkhaz battle, where the Abkhaz want more autonomy from Georgia, despite constituting only 17 percent of their own republic's population.
Academic text (1997) -
The Georgian-Abkhaz fighting of 1998 with no resolution, the stasis in the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, and the repeated instances of fighting in Central Asia in 1999 also suggest that peace cannot come strictly through the actions of the local states, but will require outside persuasion backed by force.
Academic text (2000) -
President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia has increasingly frequently proclaimed his intention to pursue a "Bosnia" or "Dayton" type of solution to the conflict with the Abkhaz nationalist movement.
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Many Abkhaz people have preserved their unique cultural traditions despite historical challenges.
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The Abkhaz community celebrates its heritage with annual festivals featuring traditional music and dance.
Synonyms
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Relating to Abkhazia, its people, or its language
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abkhaz comes from the name of the region Abkhazia and from the people’s own name Apswa ('people of Aps'). So something described as Abkhaz means it comes from that land or its culture.