Proper Name guide

Abkhazia

name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/
  • US:
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 B K AA1 Z Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE0 B K AE1 Z Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Kingdom of Abkhazia (a former kingdom in the Caucasus region).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Abkhaz

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state, province

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Абха́зия (Abxázija), ultimately from Georgian აფხაზეთი (apxazeti).

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaza: Апсны (Apsnə) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Abaza: Аҧсны — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Abkhaz: Аԥсны (Apsnə) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Abkhaz: Аҧсны (Apsnə) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Abkhaz: Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Apsnə Aḥwəntkarra) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Abkhaz: Аҧсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Apsnə Aḥwəntkarra) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Afrikaans: Abchasië — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Albanian: Abkhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Arabic: أَبْخَازْيَا (ʔabḵāzyā) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Aragonese: Abkhasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Armenian: Աբխազիա (Abxazia) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Assamese: আবোসাজিয়া (abüxazia) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Azerbaijani: Абхазија — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Azerbaijani: Abxaziya — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Belarusian: Абха́зія (Abxázija) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Bengali: আবখাজিয়া (abkhajiẏa) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Bulgarian: Абха́зия (Abházija) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Catalan: Abkhàzia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Chechen: Абхази (Abxazi) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿布哈茲 /阿布哈兹 (Ābùhāzī) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • East Circassian: Апхъаз (Apꭓaz) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • East Circassian: Азгъей (Azğej) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • West Circassian: Азгъей (Azğej) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • West Circassian: Адзыгъэй (Adzəğɛj) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Czech: Abcházie — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Danish: Abkhasien — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Dutch: Abchazië — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Esperanto: Abĥazio — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Esperanto: Abĥazujo — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Estonian: Abhaasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Faroese: Abkasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Finnish: Abhasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • French: Abkhazie — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Galician: Abkhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Georgian: აფხაზეთი (apxazeti) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • German: Abchasien — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Greek: Αμπχαζία (Ampchazía) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Hebrew: אַבְּחַזְיָה (abkhaziya) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Hindi: अबख़ाज़िया (abxāziyā) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Hungarian: Abházia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Icelandic: Abkasía — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Indonesian: Abkhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Irish: an Abcáis — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Italian: Abcasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Italian: Abkhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Japanese: アブハジア (Abuhajia) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Kalmyk: Апсин Таңһч (Apsin Tañğç) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Karachay-Balkar: Хачыпсы (Xaçıpsı) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Kazakh: Абхазия (Abxaziä) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Khmer: អាផ្ស់និ (aphs-nɨ) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Korean: 압하스 (Aphaseu) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Kyrgyz: Абхазия (Abhaziya) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Latvian: Abhāzija — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Lithuanian: Abchazija — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Macedonian: Абха́зија (Abházija) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Macedonian: Апха́зија (Apházija) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Malay: Abkhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Mongolian: Абхази (Abxazi) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Abkhasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Occitan: Abcazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Ossetian: Абхази (Abxazi) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Persian: آبخاز (âbxâz) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Persian: آبخازیه (âbxâziye) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Persian: آبخازستان (âbxâzestân) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Polish: Abchazja — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Portuguese: Abcázia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Portuguese: Abecásia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Punjabi: ਅਬਖ਼ਾਜ਼ੀਆ (abaxāzīā) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Romanian: Abhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Russian: Абха́зия (Abxázija) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Scots: Abkhazie — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Абхазија — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Abhazija — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Sinhalese: අබ්ගාසියාව (abgāsiyāwa) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Slovak: Abcházsko — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Slovene: Abhazija — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Spanish: Abjasia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Swedish: Abchazien — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Tagalog: Abkasya — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Tajik: Абхозия (Abxoziya) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Tamil: அப்காசியா (apkāciyā) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Tatar: Абхазия (Abxaziyä) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Telugu: అబ్ఖజియా (abkhajiyā) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Thai: อับฮาเซีย (àp-haasia) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Turkish: Abhazya — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Turkmen: Abhaziýa — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Ubykh: Азӷашәабла (Azğaŝwabla) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Ukrainian: Абха́зія (Abxázija) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Urdu: ابخازیا (abxāziyā) — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Uzbek: Abxaziya — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia
  • Vietnamese: Abkhazia — territory in the Caucasus — see also Republic of Abkhazia