Karachai
Americannoun
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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.
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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
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 Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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