abkhaz

1. 1.

   a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea

   SynonymsAbkhazianAbkhasAbkhasian

   BroaderCircassian
2. 2.

   an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability

   SynonymsAbkhazia

   Broaderstate

   Part ofGeorgia
3. 3.

   Circassian people living east of the Black Sea

   SynonymsAbkhas

   BroaderCircassian

   Abkhaz

1. 1.

   of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language

   SynonymsAbkhazian

Other forms of abkhaz

plural

abkhazes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abkhaz

What does abkhaz mean?

abkhaz means "a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abkhaz?

abkhaz has 2 syllables: abk-haz. The stress falls on "abk".

What is another word for abkhaz?

Close synonyms include Abkhazian, Abkhas, Abkhasian, Abkhazia, Abkhas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abkhaz a common word?

abkhaz is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.