Adjarians

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Adjarians are a distinct ethnographic subgroup of Georgians primarily inhabiting the southwestern Adjara region, known for their unique blend of Georgian and historical Ottoman cultural influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnographic group
subgroup of Georgians
autonomousRegion Adjara
surface form: Autonomous Republic of Adjara
borderRegion Turkey
capitalRegionCenter Batumi
citizenshipMajority citizens of Georgia
country Georgia
countryOfOrigin Georgia
culturalInfluence Georgian culture
Ottoman culture
culturalRegion Samegrelo
surface form: Black Sea coastal Georgia
ethnicallyRelatedTo Georgians
surface form: Gurian Georgians

Imeretians
surface form: Imeretian Georgians

Laz people
Mingrelians
ethnicGroupOf Georgia
historicalAdministration Sanjak of Batum
historicalEvent Soviet incorporation into Georgian SSR
Treaty of Berlin (1878) transfer of Batum to Russian Empire
historicalInfluence Ottoman Empire
historicalProcess Islamization under Ottoman rule
re-Christianization in 19th–20th centuries
historicalReligion Sunni Islam
historicalReligiousInstitution Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions
language Georgian language
languageVariety Adjarian dialect of Georgian
locatedIn Caucasus
South Caucasus
minorityStatus ethnographic minority within Georgia
modernPoliticalStatus population of Autonomous Republic of Adjara within Georgia
partOf Georgians
surface form: Georgian people
primaryRegion Adjara
southwestern Georgia
regionalIdentity Adjarian
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
religiousDiversity Christian majority
Muslim minority
religiousInstitution Georgian Orthodox Church
selfIdentification Georgian
traditionalCuisine Khachapuri
surface form: Adjarian khachapuri
traditionalDance Adjaruli (Adjarian dance)
traditionalMusic Georgian polyphonic singing
traditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
citrus farming
tea cultivation
traditionalReligion Georgian Orthodox Church
usesAlphabet Georgian script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adjara ethnicGroup Adjarians
Batumi ethnicGroup Adjarians
Georgians ethnicSubgroup Adjarians
Kartvelebi ethnicSubgroup Adjarians
subject surface form: Western Georgia