Circassian — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.

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   But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved graceful as the Circassian maidens, to whom they are so often compared in eastern song.

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.

   Synonyms

   CherkessCherkessian

Proper noun

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

2. The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.

Noun

1. a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia

   Broader terms

   WhiteWhite personCaucasian

2. a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia

   Broader terms

   community

3. a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian

   Synonyms

   Circassian language

   Broader terms

   CaucasianCaucasian language