Circassian

English

Etymology

From Circassia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /səˈkæsi.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /səɹˈkæʃən/

Adjective

Circassian (comparative more Circassian, superlative most Circassian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286:
      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.

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Noun

Circassian (plural Circassians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
    Synonyms: Cherkess, Cherkessian
  2. Alternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”).

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Proper noun

Circassian

  1. A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.
  2. The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.

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