Caucasus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Caucasus in British English:
UK [ˈkɔ:kəsəs]
How to pronounce Caucasus in American English:
US [ˈkɔkəsəs]
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- Noun:
- the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
- a large region between the Black and Caspian seas; oil is its major resource
Word Origin
- Caucasus (n.)
- mountain range between Europe and the Middle East, from Latin Caucasus, from Greek kaukasis, said by Pliny ("Natural History," book six, chap. XVII) to be from a Scythian word similar to kroy-khasis, literally "(the mountain) ice-shining, white with snow." But possibly from a Pelasgian root *kau- meaning "mountain."
Example
- 1. Conflicts in its north caucasus republics have flared again .
- 2. This diesel-electric submarine caucasus is undergoing major repairs .
- 3. Terrorists from the north caucasus tend to be suicide bombers .
- 4. Violence has spread from chechnya to other north caucasus republics and beyond .
- 5. Radicals in the caucasus feel the same way about the russian state .