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Ab⋅kha⋅zi⋅a

  [ab-key-zhuh, -zee-uh; Russ. uhb-khah-zyi-yuh]
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an autonomous republic in the Georgian Republic, on the E coast of the Black Sea. 506,000; 3360 sq. mi. (8600 sq. km). Capital: Sukhumi.
Also, Ab⋅kha⋅si⋅a.
Formerly, Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Ab·kha·zia   (āb-kā'zhə, -zē-ə, -kä'-, äb-)   
An autonomous republic of northwest Georgia bordering on Russia and the Black Sea. Georgian troops were forced to withdraw from the region in 1993 after a yearlong war with secessionist rebels.
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Abkhazia

autonomous republic located in northwestern Georgia. Bordering the eastern shores of the Black Sea, Abkhazia consists of a narrow coastal lowland broken by mountain spurs, followed by a hilly foreland zone of eroded marine and river terraces that merge into the steep slopes of the Caucasus Mountains located to the north. Area 3,343 square miles (8,660 square km). Pop. (2002) 215,972; (2007 est.) 180,000.

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