Caucasus

English

Etymology

Via Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːkəsəs/
• Homophone: caucuses

Proper noun

Caucasus

1. 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.
   • 1851, Lieutenant Maturin Murray, The Circassian Slave, or The Sultan's Favorite:

     […] from the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus, […]

   • 1887, Walter Savage Landor, Gebir:

     Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves, / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus, / […]

   • 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King In Yellow:

     Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium writhed in the throes of Anarchy, while Russia, watching from the Caucasus, stooped and bound them one by one.

2. (geopolitical) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

Usage notes

Usually referred to as the Caucasus, but not always (see quot. 1887)

Related terms

• Caucasian
• Caucasology
• Greater Caucasus
• Lesser Caucasus
• North Caucasus
• South Caucasus

 

Translations

a mountain range

• Catalan: Caucas
• Czech: Kavkaz (cs) m
• Hindi: काफ (hi) m (kāph), कोहकाफ (hi) m (kohkāph)
• Irish: Sléibhte Cugais m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kaukasus (no)

  Nynorsk: Kaukasus

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• Parthian: 𐭊𐭐𐭉 𐭕𐭅𐭓𐭓𐭀 (kpy TWRA)

geographic region

• Abkhaz: Кавказ (Kʼavkʼaz)
• Adyghe: Къэфкъас (Qɛfqas)
• Albanian: Kaukazi (sq)
• Arabic: اَلْقَوْقَاز m (al-qawqāz)
• Armenian: Կովկաս (hy) (Kovkas)

  Old Armenian: Կովկաս (Kovkas)

• Azerbaijani: Qafqaz
• Basque: Kaukaso
• Belarusian: Каўка́з m (Kaŭkáz)
• Bulgarian: Кавка́з m (Kavkáz)
• Catalan: Caucas m
• Chechen: Кавказ (Kavkaz), Ковказ (Kovkaz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高加索 (zh) (Gāojiāsuǒ)

• Czech: Kavkaz (cs) m
• Danish: Kaukasus
• Dutch: Kaukasus (nl)
• Esperanto: Kaŭkazio
• Estonian: Kaukaasia (et)
• Finnish: Kaukasus (fi)
• French: Caucase (fr) m
• Galician: Cáucaso (gl) m
• Georgian: კავკასია (ḳavḳasia)
• German: Kaukasus (de) m
• Greek: Καύκασος (el) m (Káfkasos)
• Hebrew: קווקז m (kaukaz)
• Hindi: कॉकस (kŏkas), कौकसस (kaukasas)
• Hungarian: Kaukázus (hu)
• Ido: Kaukazia (io)
• Indonesian: Kaukasus
• Ingush: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
• Irish: réigiún Cugais m
• Italian: Caucaso (it) m
• Japanese: カフカース (Kafukāsu), コーカサス (Kōkasasu)
• Kabardian: Къаукъаз (Qawuqaz)
• Karachay-Balkar: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
• Kazakh: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
• Korean: 카프카스 (Kapeukaseu)
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• Kyrgyz: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
• Latin: Caucasus m
• Latvian: Kaukāzs m
• Lezgi: Къавкьаз (Q̄avq̇az)
• Lithuanian: Kaukazas
• Macedonian: Кавказ m (Kavkaz)
• Malay: Kaukasus
• Marathi: कॉकसस (kŏksas)
• Middle Persian: kpkwf
• Mongolian: Кавказ (mn) (Kavkaz)
• Navajo: Kaakáísis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kaukasia

  Nynorsk: Kaukasia

• Occitan: Caucàs m
• Ossetian: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
• Persian: قفقاز (fa) (qafqâz)
• Polish: Kaukaz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cáucaso m
• Romanian: Caucaz m
• Russian: Кавка́з (ru) m (Kavkáz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ка̀вказ m

  Roman: Kàvkaz (sh) m

• Slovak: Kaukaz m
• Slovene: Kavkáz (sl) m
• Spanish: Cáucaso (es) m
• Swedish: Kaukasien c
• Tajik: Кавказ (Kavkaz)
• Tatar: Кавказ (Qawkaz)
• Thai: คอเคซัส (kor kay sát)
• Turkish: Kafkasya (tr)
• Turkmen: Kavkaz
• Ukrainian: Кавка́з (uk) m (Kavkáz)
• Uzbek: Kavkaz
• Vietnamese: Kavkaz