Lezgistan
Sign in to save300px|thumb|Lezgistan from map of the Caucasus by Johann Gustav Gaerber (1728) Lezgistan, sometimes referred to as Lekia, is the ethnic homeland of the Lezgins, as well as the area of distribution of the Lezgin language.
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300px|thumb|Lezgistan from map of the Caucasus by Johann Gustav Gaerber (1728) Lezgistan, sometimes referred to as Lekia, is the ethnic homeland of the Lezgins, as well as the area of distribution of the Lezgin language.
== Historical toponym == While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred to Legoi people who inhabited Caucasian Albania, Arab historians of 9-10th centuries mention the kingdom of Lakz in present-day southern Dagestan. Al Masoudi referred to inhabitants of this area as Lakzams (Lezgins), who defended Shirvan against invaders from the north.