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Circassia

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Cir·cas·sia  (sr-ksh, --)
A historical region of southwest Russia on the northeast coast of the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains. It was ceded to Russia by the Ottoman Turks in 1829.
Circassia [sɜːˈkæsɪə]
n
(Placename) a region of S Russia, on the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains
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When I started there were still lovely liners like Circassia and Cilicia on the India run, Apapa and Aureol for West Africa," he recalls.
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He used various pseudonyms for her in the poems he wrote for her, mainly Celia but also Circassia (Williams 128) and Phillida.
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