Meanings
comparative more Circassian · superlative most Circassian
- Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
1 more example
But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved graceful as the Circassian maidens, to whom they are so often compared in eastern song.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286
plural Circassians
- A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
Synonyms: Cherkess, Cherkessian
- alternativeAlternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic شَرْكَسِيّ, شَرْكَسِيّ
- شَرْكَسِيّ (šarkasiyy)of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- شَرْكَسِيّ (šarkasiyy)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- شَرْكَسِيَّة (šarkasiyya)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- اللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة (al-luḡāt aš-šarkasiyya)language group
Catalan circassià
- circassiàof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
Czech čerkes, čerkesové
- čerkesnative or inhabitant of Circassia
- čerkesovénative or inhabitant of Circassia
- čerkezštinalanguage group
Finnish tšerkessiläinen, tšerkessi
- tšerkessiläinenof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- tšerkessinative or inhabitant of Circassia
- tšerkessilanguage group
French circassien, tcherkesse
- circassienof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- tcherkesseof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- Circassiennative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Circassiennenative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Tcherkessenative or inhabitant of Circassia
German tscherkessisch, Tscherkesse
- tscherkessischof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- Tscherkessenative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Tscherkessinnative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Tscherkessischlanguage group
Greek Τσερκέζος
- Τσερκέζος (Tserkézos)native or inhabitant of Circassia
Hebrew צֶ׳רְקֶסִי, צֶ׳רְקֶסִי
- צֶ׳רְקֶסִי (cherkesi)of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- צֶ׳רְקֶסִי (cherkesi)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- צֶ׳רְקֶסִית (cherkesit)language group
Hungarian cserkesz, cserkesz
- cserkeszof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- cserkesznative or inhabitant of Circassia
- cserkeszlanguage group
Italian circassiano, circasso
- circassianoof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- circassoof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
Persian چرکسی, چرکس
- چرکسی (čarkasi)of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- چرکس (čarkas)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- زبانهای چرکسی (zabân-hâ-ye čarkasi)language group
Polish czerkieski, Czerkies
- czerkieskiof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- Czerkiesnative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Czerkieskanative or inhabitant of Circassia
- język czerkieskilanguage group
Russian черке́сский, черке́с
- черке́сский (čerkésskij)of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- черке́с (čerkés)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- черке́шенка (čerkéšenka)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- черке́сский (čerkésskij)language group
Swedish tjerkessisk, tjerkess
- tjerkessiskof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- tjerkessnative or inhabitant of Circassia
Turkish Çerkez, Çerkes
- Çerkezof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- Çerkesof or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- Çerkeznative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Çerkesnative or inhabitant of Circassia
- Çerkezcelanguage group
- Çerkesçelanguage group
Ukrainian черке́ський, черке́с
- черке́ський (čerkésʹkyj)of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
- черке́с (čerkés)native or inhabitant of Circassia
- черке́ска (čerkéska)native or inhabitant of Circassia
Cite this entry
Circassian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Circassian
“Circassian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Circassian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Circassian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Circassian.
Source: Circassian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.