- an autonomous region in the Russian Federation, part of the Krasnodar territory, in the northwestern Caucasus Mountains. 1,505 sq. mi. (3,903 sq. km). Capital: Maikop.
- a Circassian language spoken in the Adygei Autonomous Region.
- a member of a Circassian people of the Northwest Caucasus
- the Circassian language, esp its Western dialect