Lazistan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لازستان‎, itself borrowed from Classical Persian لازستان‎ (lāzistān, “Lazica; Lazia”).

Proper noun

Lazistan

  1. (historical) The sanjak comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea.
  2. A historical and cultural region of the southwestern Caucasus and northeastern Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz people, also called Lazona.
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