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Lazistan

Lazistan proper noun: the sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.

Proper noun

Lazistan

  1. (historical) The sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.
  2. A historical and cultural region of the southwestern Caucasus and northeastern Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz people, also called Lazona.

Origin of Lazistan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لازستان, itself borrowed from Classical Persian لازستان (lāzistān, “Lazica; Lazia”).

Questions about Lazistan

What does Lazistan mean?
Lazistan means the sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.
What part of speech is Lazistan?
Lazistan is a proper noun.

Words near Lazistan in the dictionary

  1. lazinesses
  2. lazing
  3. lazing about
  4. lazing around
  5. Lazio
  6. Lazistan
  7. Lazlo
  8. Lazlow
  9. lazo
  10. lazoed
  11. lazoes

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