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Cir⋅cas⋅sia

[ser-kash-uh, -ee-uh]
–noun
a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, bordering on the Black Sea.
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Cir·cas·sia   (sər-kāsh'ə, -ē-ə)   
A historical region of southwest Russia on the northeast coast of the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains. It was ceded to Russia by the Ottoman Turks in 1829.
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