Throughout his life he tried to force the two language families called Abkhaz-Adyghe and Nakh-Daghestanian into the same, proverbial, round hole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tower of Babel] Reference

The Abkhaz are a small ethnic group unrelated to the Georgians, who have shared with them for centuries the same beautiful stretch of Black Sea coastline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

Azeri 6\%, other 7\% note: Abkhaz (official in Abkhazia).    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

The calculus changes if the Abkhaz strike first in Kodori Valley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgia in Jeopardy] Reference

Any stepped-up effort must include the separatist Abkhaz leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Caucasian Moment] Reference

Then the Abkhaz managed to turn the tide and defeated the Georgians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

The calculus changes if the Abkhaz strike first in the Kodori Valley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgia in Jeopardy] Reference

Abkhaz rebels tightened the noose around the city's Georgian defenders.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They believe that they instituted economic sanctions against the Abkhaz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On Russia] Reference

True, the Abkhaz depend on Moscow's support in their fight against Tbilisi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Caucasian Moment] Reference

It was Georgian clumsiness that drove the Abkhaz into the embrace of Russia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

Ms. Dzagania fled the Abkhaz capital, Sukhumi, with her son, Gela, when he was 16.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgian Refugees' Return Grows Remote] Reference

Russia's military presence also is expanding, and Abkhaz officials want it to stay.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Ignites Region's Bid] Reference

It offered the Abkhaz substantial powers within Georgia, including the vice presidency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

Abkhaz separatists as talks resumed on how to end fighting in the rebel Black Sea region.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And in April, Russia downed a Georgian drone over Abkhaz -- that is, Georgian -- air space.    From Wordnik.com.  [War in the Caucasus] Reference

In the bitter war with Georgia in 1992-93, Abkhaz forces drove Georgian forces from the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Ignites Region's Bid] Reference

The Abkhaz won a bitter victory in a nasty ethnic conflict in which both sides committed crimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

Moscow claimed it was merely defending the right of the Abkhaz and South Ossetians to independence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis: U.S. and Russia Lock Horns] Reference

In recent years, Russia has granted Abkhaz passports and strengthened ties, stopping short of full recognition.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Ignites Region's Bid] Reference

The Abkhaz and South Ossetians will learn that freedom from Tbilisi but dependence on Moscow is no freedom at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgia and the Limits of Russian Power] Reference

Georgian forces were driven out of the Abkhaz region in September 1993 after a yearlong war with Abkhaz separatists.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference

An EU high representative, with a significant staff and peacekeeping contingent, would likely be welcomed by the Abkhaz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Caucasian Moment] Reference

Abkhaz authorities and private companies could even obtain independent credit ratings to secure international financing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Way Out in the Caucasus] Reference

Georgian independent deputies from Abkhaz government in exile; separatists in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

In the west of Georgia, pro-Russian Abkhaz forces said Tuesday they had taken complete control of Georgian-held Upper Abkhazia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Applied Decline] Reference

Georgian independent deputies from Abkhaz government in exile; separatists in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

The Abkhaz and Ossetians themselves have far more reason to want to live well with their Georgian neighbors than the Russians do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caucasus Burning] Reference

War started in 1992 with a Georgian army sacking of the Abkhaz capital, Sukhumi, and what could be termed ethnic cleansing of Abkhaz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

Georgia says the clash happened as its troops were intercepting Abkhaz saboteurs attacking a strategically sensitive road in the area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgia Criticized Over Rights] Reference

I know there have been a lot of allegations about what the Russians did, what they didn't do, whether they aided the Abkhaz separatists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On Russia] Reference

War started in 1992 with the Georgian army's sacking of the Abkhaz capital, Sukhumi, and what could be termed ethnic cleansing of Abkhaz.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bullies of the Caucasus] Reference

Many Abkhaz were unhappy about being swallowed by Russia, but the argument that Moscow was guaranteeing their security trumped all others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caucasus Burning] Reference

It also confirmed that the jet was either a MiG-29 or a Sukhoi-27, aircraft that neither the Abkhaz nor the Georgians are known to possess.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.N. Says Russian Jet] Reference