circassian in English

adjective
1
relating to or denoting a group of mainly Sunni Muslim peoples of the northwest Caucasus.
When he built this hotel in 1912 he filled it with Austrian crystal chandeliers, Circassian walnut paneling, and an Italian marble staircase and floors.
noun
1
a member of the Circassian.
The Circassians , who are Muslim, are of Russian origin and generally have fair hair and skin.
2
either of two North Caucasian languages of the Circassian.
Kurdish, Armenian, and Circassian also are spoken.

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1. The same happy, smiling Circassian, with mustache and Beaming eyes looking up from under a sable hood, was still sitting there, and that Circassian was Sonya, …

2. Circassians mainly speak the Circassian languages, two mutually intelligible languages of the Northwest Caucasian language family, namely Adyghe (West Circassian) and Kabardian (East Adyghe)

3. Abkhas: 1 n Circassian people living east of the Black Sea Synonyms: Abkhaz Example of: Circassian a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia n a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Synonyms: Abkhasian , Abkhaz , Abkhazian Type of: Circassian a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in

4. Circassians commemorate May 21 every year as a day of mourning commemorating the Circassian genocide

5. ASLAN m Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian From Turkic arslan meaning "lion"

6. The Circassians (Circassian: Адыгэхэр, Adygekher) are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, who were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War in 1864.

7. Circassians Here are entered works on the Circassian peoples collectively, called Adyge in their own speech, including the Adygei and Kabardians

8. Objective: To determine the mean soft tissue facial profile for Circassian adults as determined by Legan-Burstone cephalometric analysis

9. S., ‘Adigskie tantsi [Circassian Dances]’, in Sbornik statei po ètnografii Adigei [Collection of Articles on the Ethnography of Adigea], Maikop, 1975

10. Abkhas - a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Abkhasian, Abkhaz, Abkhazian Abkhazia, Abkhaz - an autonomous

11. Abkhasian - a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea Abkhas, Abkhaz, Abkhazian Abkhazia, Abkhaz - an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability Circassian - a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia 2

12. Circassians - History and Cultural Relations At a remote period (3000 B.C.) the Circassian homeland was the site of the Bronze Age Kurgan culture, now identified with the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

13. 1 - the circassian people were considered to be the epitome of whiteness in history and both Circassians and gaelic people are still the whitest/palest looking two people in the world

14. The Circassians were converted to Islam, some of the changed Circassian rose in the faith to becoming Mamluks, and even others became Sultans in Egypt during the 1250-1517 Mamluks period

15. The Circassians are an ethnic group from the North Caucasus, an area in southwest Russia between the Black and Caspian seas. (The photo above shows men dressed in typical Circassian style near

16. On May 21, Circassians from all over the world fill the streets and protest the Russian government, Circassian banner and flags are a common sight in certain regions of cities such as Istanbul and Amman during these events.

17. "The Circassians : a Handbook" is a scientific review, free of hearsay and a-priori assumptions, in which the author was able to combine history, tradition and future prospects representing the different views of the many tribes that constituted the Circassian entity.