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A⋅jar⋅i⋅a

  [uh-jahr-ee-uh]
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–noun
an autonomous region in SW Georgia, bordered by Turkey and the Black Sea. 383,000; 1,120 sq. mi. (2,900 sq. km). Capital: Batumi.
Also, A⋅djar⋅i⋅a, A⋅dzhar⋅i⋅a, A⋅jar⋅a, A⋅djar⋅a, A⋅dzhar⋅a [uh-jahr-uh] .
Also called Adzharistan (1921–91), Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–91).
Official name, Ajarian Autonomous Republic.

Related forms:
A⋅jar⋅i⋅an, adjective, noun
A⋅jar [ah-jahr, uh-jahr] noun
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Ad·zhar·i·a or A·jar·i·a   (ə-jär'ē-ə)   
An autonomous republic of southwest Georgia bordering on the Black Sea and Turkey. Colonized by the Greeks in the fourth and fifth centuries B.C., the region was ruled by the Romans and the Turks before its acquisition by Russia in 1878.
Ad·zhar' (ə-jär') n., Ad·zhar'i·an adj. & n.
A·jar·i·a   (ə-jär'ē-ə)   
See Adzharia.
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