Svanetianadj.n.
/svɑːˈniːʃən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Svans.
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Circassian1638
Alan1705
Lezgin1780
Abkhaz1788
Mingrelian1788
Ossetin1788
Abaza1823
Lezgi1828
Ainua1837
Adyghe1847
Ossetic1850
Ossetian1854
Svanetian1854
Abkhazian1856
Avarian1875
Ossete1884
Ossetan1892
Kabardian1902
Gurian1932
1788 G. Ellis Mem. Map Countries between Black Sea & Caspian 77 (heading) Georgian language. Carduel dialect. Imretian. Suaneti dialect.]
1854 A. von Haxthausen Transcaucasia v. 159 His wife was the daughter of a Suanetian prince.
1896 D. W. Freshfield Explor. Caucasus I. x. 221 The Suanetian language resembles Old Georgian.
B. n.
= Svan n.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]
Circassian1555
Svan1601
Mingrelian1613
Abkhaz1686
Abaza1693
Lezgin1728
Ossetian1794
Abkhazian1799
Adyghe1799
Ainu1811
Chechen1814
Ossete1814
Kabardian1824
Tat1834
Laz1836
Caucasian1843
Svanetian1854
Ossetin1869
Gurian1876
Avar1881
Ingush1902
Megrelian1961
Megrel1967
the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > south Caucasian > Svan
Svanetian1910
Svanian1939
1854 A. von Haxthausen Transcaucasia v. 162 The Suanetians have generally blue eyes and blond hair.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 619/2 The high valleys of the Caucasus are populated by..Svanetians, Ossets, Pshaves, and Khevzurs in the middle.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 760/1 The Svanetians, Shvans, or Swanians, on the Upper Ingur.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 761/1 Both the Laz..and the Svanetian present..structural and verbal differences.
1951 W. K. Matthews Langs. U.S.S.R. v. 87 The rather more divergent Svanetian (Svan).
1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 356/1 The chief languages are:..Mingrelian, Lazic, Svanetian.
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