Definition of Dagestani

1. Noun. An ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan.

Generic synonyms: Ethnic Minority

Definition of Dagestani

1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, Dagestan ¹

2. Noun. Someone from Dagestan ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dagestani

Daegu
Daejeon
Daffey
Daffo
Daffodil
Daffy
Daffy Duck
Dafla
Dafni
Dafnion
Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
Dagan
Dagda
Dagestan
Dagestani (current term)
Dagestanis
Daghestan
Dagmar
Dagnini
Dagon
Daguerre
Dahlesque
Dahlia
Dahlia pinnata
Dahlian
Dahlik
Dahomean
Dahomeans
Dahomey

Literary usage of Dagestani

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"According to press reports, federal and Dagestani forces have followed up their initial counterinsurgency efforts with attacks on Muslim villages that they ..."

2. Terrorism: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings by Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk (2004)
"Already in 2003 we have discovered more than 200 commercial entities in Moscow that are controlled by Chechen, Dagestani, Azerbaijani. ..."

3. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"... aircraft entered Georgian airspace from Dagestan, where Russia was involved in fighting against Dagestani rebels, and bombed in and around the village ..."

4. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"... including the storming of Dagestan's parliament in May. several hostage-takings, and attacks on the mayor of the Dagestani capital. Makhachkala. ..."

5. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"There are also minefields on the Chechen, Ingush, and Dagestani sectors of the Russian-Georgian border. On 27 October 2000, two Georgian border guards were ..."

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