Mingrelian

American  

[min-gree-lee-uhn, ming-] / mɪnˈgri li ən, mɪŋ- /

noun

1. a South Caucasian language spoken near the extreme eastern end of the Black Sea.

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Mingrelian British  

/ ˈmɪŋɡrəl, mɪŋˈɡriːlɪən /

noun

1. a member of a people of Georgia living in the mountains northeast of the Black Sea

2. the language of this people, belonging to the South Caucasian family and closely related to Georgian

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Mingrelians or their language

Example Sentences

In four years he embezzled 500,000 rubles, lived in the luxury of an Asiatic Prince, and according to the Moscow press "actually called himself the 'Heir of the Mingrelian Princes,' the hereditary rulers of Georgia."

From Time Magazine Archive

A look of pleased vanity floated over the face of my Mingrelian host.

From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen

The dresses of the people are as various as round Tiflis; the headgear of the Mingrelian peasants appears truly comic. 

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida

Here is the Caucasia of our youthful dreams, and the mystic hills and vales whence Mingrelian princes issued forth to deeds of valor in old romantic tales.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

Nor has the Circassian and Mingrelian east coast of the Black Sea.

From Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century by Marx, Karl