Caucasus en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Via Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).
Meanings
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A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus.
Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium writhed in the throes of Anarchy, while Russia, watching from the Caucasus, stooped and bound them one by one.
1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King In Yellow:[…] from the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus, […]
1851, Lieutenant Maturin Murray, The Circassian Slave, or The Sultan's Favorite:Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves, / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus, / […]
1887, Walter Savage Landor, Gebir:Oh who can hold a fire in his hand / By thinking on the froſtie Caucaſus? / Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, / by bare imagination of a Feaſt?
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- The Hindu Kush, anciently known by Latin and Greek translated variants as the 'Caucasus of India' since the time of Alexander the Great.
- A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.
Deriveds
Relateds
Greater Caucasus · North Caucasus · Caucasia · South Caucasus · Caucasus Indicus · Lesser Caucasus · Caucasian · Caucasology
Translations (96)
ab Кавказ (geographic region) · acw القوقاز (geographic region) · lt Kaukazas (geographic region) · he קווקז (geographic region) · mr कॉकसस (geographic region) · cmn 高加索 (geographic region) · nl Kaukasus (geographic region) · nb Kaukasus (a mountain range) · nn Kaukasia (geographic region) · sv Kaukasien (geographic region) · tg Қафқоз (geographic region) · lv Kaukāzs (geographic region) · sk Kaukaz (geographic region) · de Kaukasus (a mountain range) · hi कॉकेशस (a mountain range) · ar اَلْقَوْقَاز (geographic region) · ka კავკასიონი (a mountain range) · fi Kaukasus (geographic region) · ar اَلْقَوْقَاز (a mountain range) · sh Ка̀вказ (geographic region) · he קַוְקָז (a mountain range) · ga Cugas (geographic region) · pt Cáucaso (geographic region) · da Kaukasus (geographic region) · eo Kaŭkazo (a mountain range) · nn Kaukasus (a mountain range) · hy Կովկաս (geographic region) · ko 캅카스 (geographic region) · bg Кавка́з (geographic region) · bn কাফকাজ (a mountain range) · ar القُفْقَاز (a mountain range) · de Kaukasus (geographic region) · cs Kavkaz (geographic region) · eo Kaŭkazio (geographic region) · kbd Къаукъаз (geographic region) · ce Кавказ (geographic region) · it Catena del Caucaso (a mountain range) · ky Кавказ (geographic region) · et Kaukaasia (geographic region) · sh Kàvkaz (geographic region) · ja コーカサス (geographic region) · xcl Կովկաս (geographic region) · krc Кавказ (geographic region) · ka კავკასია (geographic region) · ms Kaukasus (geographic region) · kk Кавказ (geographic region) · fr Caucase (geographic region) · th คอเคซัส (geographic region) · bn কাফকাজ (geographic region) · tk Kavkaz (geographic region) · oc Caucàs (geographic region) · hi क़फ़क़ाज़ (a mountain range) · es Cáucaso (geographic region) · la Caucasus (geographic region) · tt Кавказ (geographic region) · hi कॉकेशस (geographic region) · xpr 𐭊𐭐𐭉 𐭕𐭅𐭓𐭓𐭀 (a mountain range) · fa قفقاز (geographic region) · ca Caucas (a mountain range) · ga Cugas (a mountain range) · ja カフカース (geographic region) · mn Кавказ (geographic region) · ady Къэфкъас (geographic region) · sq Kaukazi (geographic region) · uz Kavkaz (geographic region) · pal kpkwf (geographic region) · ce Ковказ (geographic region) · gl Cáucaso (geographic region) · hi क़फ़क़ाज़ (geographic region) · uk Кавка́з (geographic region) · ru Кавка́з (geographic region) · gl Cáucaso (a mountain range) · ko 캅카스 (a mountain range) · hu Kaukázus (geographic region) · sl Kavkáz (geographic region) · za Gauhgyahsoz (geographic region) · az Qafqaz (geographic region) · tr Kafkasya (geographic region) · be Каўка́з (geographic region) · pl Kaukaz (geographic region) · io Kaukazia (geographic region) · os Кавказ (geographic region) · lez Къавкьаз (geographic region) · cmn 高加索 (a mountain range) · el Καύκασος (geographic region) · nb Kaukasia (geographic region) · eu Kaukaso (geographic region) · ro Caucaz (geographic region) · mk Кавказ (geographic region) · nl Kaukasus (a mountain range) · vi Kavkaz (geographic region) · it Caucaso (geographic region) · ca Caucas (geographic region) · cs Kavkaz (a mountain range) · inh Кавказ (geographic region) · id Kaukasus (geographic region)