Circassian may refer to: *

Circassia Circassia ( ), also known as Zichia, was a country and a historical region in . It spanned the western coastal portions of the North Caucasus, along the northeastern shore of the Black Sea. Circassia was conquered by the Russian Empire during ...

, a former geographical region located in present-day European Russia, Northern Caucasus ** Circassian coast, on the Black Sea *

Circassians The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess or Adyghe (Adyghe language, Adyghe and ), are a Northwest Caucasian languages, Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation who originated in Circassia, a region and former country in t ...

, also known as Adyghe people **

Circassian diaspora The Circassian diaspora are ethnic Circassians around the world who were driven from Circassia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. From 1763 to 1864, the Circassians fought against the Russian Empire in the Russian-Circassia ...

Circassian language Circassian (; ), also known as Cherkess ( ), is a subdivision of the Northwest Caucasian language family, spoken by the Circassian people. There are two main variants of the Circassian language, defined by their literary standards, Adyghe (; a ...

, a Northwest Caucasian language or subgroup of languages * Circassians (historical ethnonym), a term used to denominate different peoples of the Black Sea shore and the Northern Caucasus

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* USS ''Circassian'' (1862), a Union Navy steamship in the American Civil War

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