Karachai
Americannoun
plural
Karachais,plural
Karachai-
a member of a people living mainly in the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, closely related to the Balkar.
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the Turkic language of these people.
Example Sentences
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Other nationalities deported en masse included the Balkars and Karachai, also from the North Caucasus, the Kalmyks, whose territory borders the Caspian Sea, the Crimean Tatars and, from the South Caucasus, the Meskhetian Turks.
From BBC
The road passes through the defiles of Kavrak, along with the deep river Karachai, from the left bank of which rises precipitously, 197 at the narrowest part of the throat, the fine mountain Baba Ali.
From Project Gutenberg
At the end of 1943 a decision was taken and executed to deport all the Karachai from the lands on which they lived.
From Time Magazine Archive
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