Abkhazia

Abkhazia

See also: Abkházia and Abkhàzia

English

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Abkhazia Abkhazia Imereti Samegrelo Guria Adjara Upper Svaneti Lower Svaneti Lechkhumi Kartli Kakheti Lower Kartli Racha Meskheti Tori Trialeti Javakheti Tusheti Khevi Khevsureti Mtiuleti Pshavi Ertso-Tianeti
The historical regions located within the borders of the modern Republic of Georgia. Some remain the top-level administrative divisions (Mkhare) even today.

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Abkhazia Abkhazia Imereti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Guria Adjara Samtskhe-Javakheti Kvemo Kartli Tbilisi Shida Kartli Mtskheta-Mtianeti Kakheti
The top-level administrative divisions (Mkhare) of the Republic of Georgia.

Alternative forms

• Abkhasia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), ultimately from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/,[1] /æbˈkeɪ.ʒə/,[1][2] /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ə/,[2] /æbˈkɑ.ʒi.ə/,[1] /æbˈkɑ.zi.ə/[2]

Proper noun

Abkhazia

1. A territory on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community.

Derived terms

• Abkhazian
• Republic of Abkhazia

Related terms

• Abkhaz

Translations

territory in the Caucasus — See also translations at Republic of Abkhazia

Abaza: Апсны (Apsnə) Abkhaz: Аԥсны (Apsnə), Аҧсны (Apsnə), Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Apsnə Aḥʷəntkarra), Аҧсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Apsnə Aḥʷəntkarra) Adyghe: Азгъей (Aazğeej), Адзыгъэй (Aadzəğej) Afrikaans: Abchasië Albanian: Abkhazia (sq) Arabic: أَبْخَازْيَا‎ f (ʾabḵāzyā) Aragonese: Abkhasia f Armenian: Աբխազիա (Abxazia) Assamese: আবোসাজিয়া (abüxazia) Azerbaijani: Cyrillic: Абхазија Roman: Abxaziya (az) Belarusian: Абха́зія f (Abxázija) Bengali: আবখাজিয়া (bn) (abkhajiya) Bulgarian: Абха́зия f (Abházija) Catalan: Abkhàzia (ca) f Chechen: Абхази (Abxazi) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿布哈茲／阿布哈兹 (zh) (Ābùhāzī) Czech: Abcházie (cs) f Danish: Abkhasien (da) Dutch: Abchazië (nl) Esperanto: Abĥazio, Abĥazujo Estonian: Abhaasia (et) Faroese: Abkasia n Finnish: Abhasia (fi) French: Abkhazie (fr) f Galician: Abkhazia (gl) Georgian: აფხაზეთი (ka) (apxazeti) German: Abchasien (de) n Greek: Αμπχαζία (el) f (Ampchazía) Hebrew: אַבְּחַזְיָה‎ f (abkhaziya) Hindi: अबख़ाज़िया (abxāziyā) Hungarian: Abházia (hu) Icelandic: Abkasía Indonesian: Abkhazia Irish: an Abcáis f Italian: Abcasia f, Abkhazia f Japanese: アブハジア (Abuhajia) Kabardian: Апхъаз (Aapχaaz), Азгъей (Aazğeej) Kalmyk: Апсин Таңһч (Apsin Tangğch) Karachay-Balkar: Хачыпсы (Xaçıpsı) Kazakh: Абхазия (Abxaziä) Khmer: អាផ្ស់និ (apʰs-nɨ) Korean: 압하스 (Aphaseu) Kyrgyz: Абхазия (ky) (Abhaziya) Latvian: Abhāzija f Lithuanian: Abchazija (lt) f Macedonian: Абха́зија f (Abházija), Апха́зија (Apházija) Malay: Abkhazia Mongolian: Абхази (Abxazi) Norwegian: Bokmål: Abkhasia (no) Occitan: Abcazia f Ossetian: Абхази (Abxazi) Persian: آبخاز‎ (âbxâz), آبخازیه‎ (âbxâziye), آبخازستان‎ (âbxâzestân) Polish: Abchazja (pl) f Portuguese: Abcázia (pt) f Punjabi: ਅਬਖ਼ਾਜ਼ੀਆ (pa) m (abaxāzīā) Romanian: Abhazia f Russian: Абха́зия (ru) f (Abxázija) Scots: Abkhazie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Абхазија f Roman: Abhazija f Sinhalese: අබ්‍ගාසියාව (abgāsiyāwa) Slovak: Abcházsko (sk) n Slovene: Abhazija f Spanish: Abjasia (es) f Swedish: Abchazien (sv) Tagalog: Abkasya Tajik: Абхозия (tg) (Abxoziya) Tatar: Абхазия (Abxaziya) Telugu: అబ్‌ఖజియా (te) (ab‌khajiyā) Thai: อับฮาเซีย (àp-haasia) Turkish: Abhazya (tr) Turkmen: Abhaziýa Ubykh: Азӷашәабла (Azğaŝʷabla) Ukrainian: Абха́зія f (Abxázija) Urdu: ابخازیا‎ (abxāziyā) Uzbek: Abxaziya Vietnamese: Abkhazia

See also

• Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

References

1. “Abkhazia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
2. “Abkhazia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija) and Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abxas̻ia/, [aβ̞.xa.s̻i.a]

Proper noun

Abkhazia inan

1. Abkhazia (a region and unrecognised country in Georgia, Caucasus)

Declension

Declension of Abkhazia (inanimate, ending in -a)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	Abkhazia	—	—
ergative	Abkhaziak	—	—
dative	Abkhaziari	—	—
genitive	Abkhaziaren	—	—
comitative	Abkhaziarekin	—	—
causative	Abkhaziarengatik	—	—
benefactive	Abkhaziarentzat	—	—
instrumental	Abkhaziaz	—	—
inessive	Abkhazian	—	—
locative	Abkhaziako	—	—
allative	Abkhaziara	—	—
terminative	Abkhaziaraino	—	—
directive	Abkhaziarantz	—	—
destinative	Abkhaziarako	—	—
ablative	Abkhaziatik	—	—
partitive	Abkhaziarik	—	—
prolative	Abkhaziatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abkhazera (“Abkhazian language”)
• abkhaziar (“Abkhazian person”)
• abkhaziera (“Abkhazian language”)

 

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Galician

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Abkhazia

Derived terms

• abkhazo

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Italian

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Abkhazia

Derived terms

• abkhazo

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Abkhasia, Abkházia, Abcásia, Abecásia, Abcázia
• Abkazia, Abkasia, Abkhásia (rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈka.zi.ɐ/ [a.biˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.biˈka.zjɐ/, /abˈka.zi.ɐ/ [abˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abˈka.zjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.biˈka.zi.ɐ/ [a.biˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.biˈka.zjɐ/, /abˈka.zi.ɐ/ [abˈka.zɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abˈka.zjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /abˈka.zi.a/ [abˈka.zɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /abˈka.zja/, /a.biˈka.zi.a/ [a.biˈka.zɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /a.biˈka.zja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐbˈka.zjɐ/ [ɐβˈka.zjɐ]

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Abkhazia (a region and unrecognised country in Georgia, Caucasus)

Derived terms

• abcázio

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Spanish

Proper noun

Abkhazia f

1. Alternative form of Abjasia