[ sə:'kasɪən ]
■ noun
1》 a member of a group of mainly Sunni Muslim peoples of the NW Caucasus.
2》 either of two North Caucasian languages of the ~s, Adyghe and Kabardian.
■ adjective relating to the ~s.
Origin
from Circassia , Latinized form of Russ. Cherkes , denoting a district in the northern Caucasus.