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Circassian

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Circassian /səːˈkasɪən/

▶noun

1 a member of a group of mainly Sunni Muslim peoples of the NW Caucasus.

2 either of two North Caucasian languages of the Circassians, Adyghe and Kabardian.

▶adjective relating to the Circassians.

– origin from Circassia, Latinized form of Russ. Cherkes, denoting a district in the northern Caucasus.

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