Adygei
Official name Adygei Autonomous Region. an autonomous region in the Russian Federation, part of the Krasnodar territory, in the NW Caucasus Mountains. 1505 sq. mi. (3903 sq. km).
Capital: Maikop.
a Circassian language spoken in the Adygei Autonomous Region.
noun
(pl) -gei, -geis, -ghe, -ghes. a member of a Circassian people of the Northwest Caucasus
the Circassian language, esp its Western dialect Compare Kabardian
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