Circassian
/səːˈkasɪən
/adjective
Relating to the Circassians or their language.When he built this hotel in 1912 he filled it with Austrian crystal chandeliers, Circassian walnut paneling, and an Italian marble staircase and floors....
- It set off her golden eyes, and her very light blond hair, a legacy of her Circassian ancestors.
- Special seats were set aside in parliament for Christian, Chechen, Circassian, and Bedouin minorities.
noun
1A member of a group of mainly Sunni Muslim peoples of the NW Caucasus.Arabs represented 98 percent of the population, Circassians one percent, and Armenians one percent....
- While the Druze and the Circassians were made to serve in the armed forces, Muslims and Christians were not allowed to do so.
- Among the resisters were the Circassians in the west and the Chechens and Dagestanis in the east, all Muslims.
2 [mass noun] Either of two North Caucasian languages of the Circassians, Adyghe and Kabardian. Also called Cherkess.Kurdish, Armenian, and Circassian also are spoken....
- They learn Hebrew, English and Circassian at school.
- Even in Turkey the younger generation still speak Circassian - albeit only poorly, as a second language.
Origin
From Circassia, Latinized form of Russian Cherkes, denoting a district in the northern Caucasus.
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