Circassian

Circassian
[sə:'kasɪən]
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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