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Circassian

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The term Circassian may refer to. [1]

10 relations: Circassia, Circassian beauties, Circassian languages, Circassian Majlis, Circassians, Circassians in Syria, Khanjali, Russian Black Sea Coast, Shashka, USS Circassian (1862).

Circassia

Circassia (Адыгэ Хэку, Черке́сия, ჩერქეზეთი, شيركاسيا, Çerkesya) is a region in the and along the northeast shore of the Black Sea.

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Circassian beauties

Circassian beauties is a phrase used to refer to an idealized image of the women of the Circassian people of the Northwestern Caucasus.

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Circassian languages

Circassian, also known as Cherkess, is a subdivision of the Northwest Caucasian language family.

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Circassian Majlis

The Circassian Majlis (Хасэ) was a political and resistance council which formed in 1860 after a meeting in Sochi (Шъачэ) between the leaders of three coastal Adyghe tribal confederations: the Shapsugs, the Natukhai, and the Ubykh.

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Circassians

The Circassians (Черкесы Čerkesy), also known by their endonym Adyghe (Circassian: Адыгэхэр Adygekher, Ады́ги Adýgi), are a Northwest Caucasian nation native to Circassia, many of whom were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War in 1864.

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Circassians in Syria

The Circassians in Syria (Circassian: Сирием ис адыгэхэр) refers to the Circassian diaspora, some of whom settled in Syria (then part of the Ottoman Empire) in the 19th century.

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Khanjali

A khanjali (Къамэ or Сэ., ხანჯალი, or kinzhal when transliterating the Russian Кинжал) is a double-edged dagger often with a single off-set groove on each face of the blade.

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Russian Black Sea Coast

Russian Black Sea Coast (Черноморское побережье России) also rarely Circassian coast (Адыгэ хы аушу.,; Черкесское побережье) was the coast of historical Circassia on the Black Sea before 1864, extending from Anapa in the North to Adler in the south, and including cities like Tuapse and Sochi.

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Shashka

The shashka (сэшхуэ; шашка) is a special kind of sabre; a very sharp, single-edged, single-handed, and guardless sword.

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USS Circassian (1862)

USS Circassian (1862) was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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Cercassian, Circasian, Circassian (disambiguation), Sarkasian, Sarkassian, Serkasian, Serkassian, Sirkasian, Sirkassian.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian

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