Laz

noun

ˈläz

variants or Laze

-zə

or Lazi

-zē

plural Laz or Lazes or Laze or Lazi or Lazis

1

a

: a predominantly Sunni Muslim Kartvelian people of Caucasia who live mainly in Turkey and Georgia at the western end of the Black Sea

b

: a member of such people

2

: the south Caucasic language of the Laz people

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