Caucasian

See also: caucasian

English

Etymology

From Caucasus +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔːˈkeɪʒən]
• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Adjective

Caucasian (comparative more Caucasian, superlative most Caucasian)

1. Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.
2. (anthropology) Of a racial classification; pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, wavy or curly hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Western, Central and South Asia.
3. (US, of a person) White, being a white person.

Derived terms

• Caucasianness

Translations

pertaining to the Caucasus region or people

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Apache:

  Western Apache: inná

• Arabic: قَوْقَازِيّ m (qawqāziyy)
• Armenian: կովկասյան (kovkasyan)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: кавка́зки (kavkázki)
• Catalan: caucasià (ca), caucàsic (ca)
• Chechen: кавказхойн (kavkazxojn)
• Czech: kavkazský (cs)
• Danish: kaukasisk
• Finnish: kaukasialainen (fi)
• French: caucasien (fr)
• Georgian: კავკასიური (ḳavḳasiuri), კავკასიის (ḳavḳasiis)
• German: kaukasisch (de)
• Greek: καυκασιανός (kafkasianós)
• Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kaukázusi
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• Ingush: кавказски (kavkazski)
• Irish: Cugasach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaukasisk

  Nynorsk: kaukasisk

• Ossetian: кавказаг (kavkazag)
• Polish: kaukaski (pl)
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt)
• Romanian: caucazian (ro) m
• Russian: кавка́зский (ru) (kavkázskij)
• Slovak: kaukazský (sk)
• Spanish: caucásico (es), caucasiano
• Tagalog: Kawkasin
• Turkish: Kafkas

pertaining to the anthropological race

• Apache:

  Western Apache: indaa

• Arabic: يَافِثِيّ (yāfiṯiyy), أَحْمَرِيّ (ʔaḥmariyy), قَوْقَازِيّ (qawqāziyy)
• Armenian: սպիտակամորթ (hy) (spitakamortʻ)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: caucàsic (ca)
• Chechen: кӏайн (kʼajn)
• Danish: kaukasisk
• Finnish: valkoihoinen (fi), valkoinen (fi)
• Georgian: კავკასიური (ḳavḳasiuri), ევროპეოიდური (evroṗeoiduri)
• Greek: καυκασιανός (kafkasianós)
• Lakota: wasicu
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• Mandinka: toubob
• Persian: قفقازی (fa) (qafqâzi)
• Polish: kaukaski (pl) m
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt)
• Romanian: caucaziană (ro) f
• Russian: бе́лый (ru) (bélyj), европе́йский (ru) (jevropéjskij), европео́идный (ru) (jevropeóidnyj)
• Spanish: caucásico (es)
• Turkish: Kafkas

Noun

Caucasian (plural Caucasians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
2. (anthropology) A member of the Caucasian racial classification.
3. (US) A white person
   • 2008, Ridley Pearson, Killer View:

     The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours.

4. (linguistics) A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
5. (humorous, bartending) The White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Made popular by the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:white person

Translations

native of the Caucasus region

• Arabic: قَوْقَازِيّ m (qawqāziyy)
• Armenian: կովկասցի (hy) (kovkascʻi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高加索人 (Gāojiāsuǒ rén)

• Czech: Kavkazan m
• Danish: kaukasier c
• Finnish: kaukasialainen (fi)
• French: Caucasien (fr) m, Caucasienne (fr) f
• Georgian: კავკასიელი (ḳavḳasieli)
• German: Kaukasier (de) m, Kaukasierin (de) f
• Hebrew: קווקזי m (qavqazi), קווקזית f (qavqazít)
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• Irish: Cugasach m
• Japanese: カフカース人 (Kafukāsu-jin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaukasier m

• Ossetian: кавказаг (kavkazag)
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt) m, caucasiana f
• Russian: кавка́зец (ru) (kavkázec), жи́тельница Кавка́за f (žítelʹnica Kavkáza)
• Spanish: caucáseo m
• Tagalog: Kawkaseyo
• Turkish: Kafkas

member of Caucasian race

• Arabic: يَافِثِيّ m (yāfiṯiyy), يَافِثِيَّة f (yāfiṯiyya), أَحْمَرِيّ m (ʔaḥmariyy), حَمْرَاء f (ḥamrāʔ), قَوْقَازِيّ m (qawqāziyy), قَوْقَازِيَّة f (qawqāziyya)
• Armenian: սպիտակամորթ (hy) (spitakamortʻ)
• Cheyenne: vé'ho'e
• Chichewa: mzungu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白人 (zh) (báirén), 白種人／白种人 (báizhǒngrén), 白种人 (báizhǒngrén)

• Chiricahua: dáadatł’ijénde, indaa, indaałigańde, indaałigaénde, (Mescalero) indaa’
• Czech: běloch (cs) m, europoid m
• Danish: kaukasier c
• Dena'ina: gasht’ana
• Finnish: valkoinen (fi), valkoihoinen (fi)
• French: Blanc (fr) m, Blanche (fr) f, Caucasien (fr) m, Caucasienne (fr) f
• Georgian: თეთრი რასა (tetri rasa), თეთრი (ka) (tetri), თეთრკანიანი (tetrḳaniani), ევროპეოიდი (evroṗeoidi)
• German: Europide (de) m, Weißer (de) m (indef.), Weiße (de) m or f (m. def, f. def. and indef.)
• Gullah: buckruh
• Hawaiian: haole
• Italian: bianco (it)
• Japanese: 白人 (ja) (はくじん, hakujin)
• Jicarilla: Ma̠gáanii
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• Karok: apxantínihich, simsimtâar, mákay
• Korean: 백인 (ko) (baek-in) (白人 (ko))
• Lakota: wasicu
• Mandinka: toubob
• Maori: pākehā
• Navajo: bilagáana
• Ojibwe: ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔥ, zhaaganaash, waabishkiiwe
• Portuguese: caucasiano (pt) m, caucasiana f
• Russian: бе́лый (ru) m (bélyj), бе́лая (ru) f (bélaja), европе́ец (ru) (jevropéjec), европе́йка (ru) (jevropéjka), европео́ид (ru) m (jevropeóid)
• Spanish: caucásico (es) m
• Taos: phonsáyna
• Thai: คนผิวขาว (kon pĭw-kăao)
• Turkish: Kafkas
• Vietnamese: người da trắng, người trắng
• Western Apache: indaa, innaa
• Yup'ik: kass'aq
• Zulu: umlungu class 1/2

See also

• Historical race concepts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia