Meskhetian
/mɛsˈkɛtɪən/ /ˌmɛsˈxɛtɪən/noun
A member of a predominantly Muslim Turkic people, indigenous to Georgia but deported in large numbers to Uzbekistan in 1944.
adjective
Of or relating to the Meskhetians. Especially in Meskhetian Turk.
Origin
1970s. From Meskhetia, the name of a region in south-western Georgia bordering Turkey (Russian Mesxetija, also transliterated Meskhetiya; Georgian Mesxeti, also transliterated Meskheti) + -an.
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