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Khazaria

/kəˈzɑːɹi.ə/

Khazaria proper noun: a polity, established in medieval Eurasia by Khazars, that occupied much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus, parts of Georgia, the Crimea, and northeastern Turkey.

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Proper noun

Khazaria

  1. (historical) A polity, established in medieval Eurasia by Khazars, that occupied much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus, parts of Georgia, the Crimea, and northeastern Turkey.
    • An impartial evaluation of the relations between Khazaria and Rus' (or Eastern Slavs) within the limits imposed by official Soviet historiography was rather uncommon: the role of Khazaria was mainly pictured as an obstacle in the highly progressive processes of the development of the Russian state.2007, Vladimir Ja. Petrukhin, Khazaria and Rus': An Examination of Their Historical Relations, Peter B. Golden, Haggai Ben-Shammai, András Róna-Tas (editors), The World of the Khazars: New...
    • Jews continued to migrate to Khazaria from the Muslim and Byzantine lands circa 943 because they were still being forcefully converted to Christianity by Romanus, according to al-Masudi.2018, Kevin Alan Brook, The Jews of Khazaria, 3rd edition, Rowman & Littlefield, page 81

Synonyms of Khazaria

Origin of Khazaria

From Khazar + -ia.

Words that rhyme with Khazaria

Questions about Khazaria

What does Khazaria mean?
Khazaria means a polity, established in medieval Eurasia by Khazars, that occupied much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus, parts of Georgia, the Crimea, and northeastern Turkey.
What part of speech is Khazaria?
Khazaria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Khazaria?
Khazaria is pronounced /kəˈzɑːɹi.ə/.

Words near Khazaria in the dictionary

  1. Khayyamian
  2. khazanut
  3. Khazar
  4. Khazar Khaganate
  5. Khazar Sea
  6. Khazaria
  7. Khazarian
  8. Khazarians
  9. Khazars
  10. khazer
  11. khazeray

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