Abkhazia

== English == === Alternative forms === Abkhasia === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), ultimately from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/, /æbˈkeɪ.ʒə/, /æbˈkeɪ.zi.ə/, /æbˈkɑ.ʒi.ə/, /æbˈkɑ.zi.ə/ === Proper noun === Abkhazia A geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia, 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. Kingdom of Abkhazia (a former kingdom in the Caucasus region). ==== Derived terms ==== Abkhazian Principality of Abkhazia Republic of Abkhazia ==== Related terms ==== Abkhaz ==== Translations ==== === See also === Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic === References === == Basque == === Etymology === Ultimately from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija) and Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abkas̻ia/ [aβ̞.ka.s̻i.a] Rhymes: -ia, -a Hyphenation: Ab‧kha‧zi‧a === Proper noun === Abkhazia inan Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “162.- Anatoliako eta Hego Kaukasoko toponimia [Toponymy of Anatolia and the South Caucasus]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2011 == Galician == === Alternative forms === Abcásia (reintegrationist) === Proper noun === Abkhazia f Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community) ==== Derived terms ==== abkhazo == Italian == === Proper noun === Abkhazia f Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community) ==== Derived terms ==== abkhazo == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Abkhazia f alternative spelling of Abcásia: Abkhazia (a geographic region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country in the Caucasus on the border of Europe and Asia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the vast majority of the international community) == Spanish == === Proper noun === Abkhazia f nonstandard form of Abjasia