Lazistan

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. historical
  2. 2
    A historical and cultural region of the southwestern Caucasus and northeastern Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz people, also called Lazona.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لازستان, itself borrowed from Classical Persian لازستان (lāzistān, “Lazica; Lazia”).

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