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.

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Circassia British  

/ sɜːˈkæsɪə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 Circassia, a good shirt of mail was formerly worth from 10 to 200 oxen: but since it was discovered not to be a protection against cannon balls, its price fell 50 per cent.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

Out of some past Egypt, we have come to this new Canaan; and from this new Canaan, we press on to some Circassia.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

Circassia, flint lock, muzzle, 4½ in. diam., barrel etched, stock inlaid with arabesque patterns, very fine and rare.

From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Norman, Wm. B.

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