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Circassia

American  
[ser-kash-uh, -ee-uh] / sərˈkæʃ ə, -i ə /

noun

  1. a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, bordering on the Black Sea.


Circassia British  
/ sɜːˈkæsɪə /

noun

  1. a region of S Russia, on the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains

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A year ago the Georgian Parliament voted unanimously to recognize the conquest of Circassia as a genocide, the first country in the world to do so.

From Newsweek • May 21, 2012

In vain Circassia boasts her spicy groves, For ever famed for pure and happy loves: In vain she boasts her fairest of the fair, 55 Their eyes’ blue languish, and their golden hair!

From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by Collins, William

In all Circassia, there was no woman to be compared with Zara, for beauty.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

Great Britain, America, France, Algeria, Circassia, Palestine: they're virtually everywhere—except in the far north, I think.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

Lherbette and Quatrefages, on the horses of Circassia, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles