Caucasus

English Etymology Via en la Caucasus, from en grc Καύκασος. Pronunciation en /ˈkɔːkəsəs/ en en-us-caucasus.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caucasus.wav Southern England en caucuses Proper noun en Q18869 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. I iii 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? en 1851 Lieutenant Maturin Murray The Circassian Slave, or The Sultan's Favorite from the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus, en 1887 Walter Savage Landor Gebir Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves, / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus, / en 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. The Hindu Kush, anciently known by Latin and Greek translated variants as the 'Caucasus of India' since the time of Alexander the Great. en geopolitics A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains. Usage notes Usually referred to as the Caucasus, but not always (see quot. 1887) In vernacular speech, this term is often misconstrued as a plural noun (e.g. the "Caucases" or "Caucuses"), as many other mountains chains in English are collective plural nouns, such as the Rockies, the Alps, the Appalachians, etc. This may also contribute to the popular usage of the definite article alongside it, whereas other geographical regions are often not accompanied by an article (especially Latin-derived toponyms). Derived terms en Transcaucasia Related terms en Caucasia Caucasian Caucasology Greater Caucasus Lesser Caucasus North Caucasus South Caucasus Caucasus Indicus Translations a mountain range Arabic: ar اَلْقَوْقَاز m, ar القُفْقَاز m Bengali: bn কাফকাজ Catalan: ca Caucas Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 高加索 Czech: cs Kavkaz m Dutch: nl Kaukasus m Esperanto: eo Kaŭkazo Galician: gl Cáucaso m Georgian: ka კავკასიონი German: de Kaukasus m Hebrew: he קַוְקָז m kavkaz Hindi: hi कॉकेशस m, hi क़फ़क़ाज़ m qafqāz Irish: ga Cugas m Italian: it Catena del Caucaso f Korean: ko 캅카스 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kaukasus Nynorsk: nn Kaukasus Parthian: xpr 𐭊𐭐𐭉 𐭕𐭅𐭓𐭓𐭀 kpy TWRA geographic region Abkhaz: ab Кавказ Albanian: sq Kaukazi Arabic: ar اَلْقَوْقَاز m Hijazi Arabic: acw القوقاز m f al-qōqāz Armenian: hy Կովկաս Old Armenian: xcl Կովկաս Azerbaijani: az Qafqaz Basque: eu Kaukaso Belarusian: be Каўка́з m Bengali: bn কাফকাজ Bulgarian: bg Кавка́з m Catalan: ca Caucas m Chechen: ce Кавказ, ce Ковказ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 高加索 Gāojiāsuǒ Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Къаукъаз West Circassian: ady Къэфкъас Czech: cs Kavkaz m Danish: da Kaukasus Dutch: nl Kaukasus Esperanto: eo Kaŭkazio Estonian: et Kaukaasia Finnish: fi Kaukasus French: fr Caucase m Galician: gl Cáucaso m Georgian: ka კავკასია German: de Kaukasus m Greek: el Καύκασος m Hebrew: he קווקז m kaukaz Hindi: hi कॉकेशस m, hi क़फ़क़ाज़ m qafqāz Hungarian: hu Kaukázus Ido: io Kaukazia Indonesian: id Kaukasus Ingush: inh Кавказ Irish: ga Cugas m Italian: it Caucaso m Japanese: ja カフカース Kafukāsu, ja コーカサス Kōkasasu Karachay-Balkar: krc Кавказ Kazakh: kk Кавказ Korean: ko 캅카스 Kumyk: kum Kyrgyz: ky Кавказ Latin: la Caucasus m Latvian: lv Kaukāzs m Lezgi: lez Къавкьаз Lithuanian: lt Kaukazas Macedonian: mk Кавказ m Malay: ms Kaukasus Marathi: mr कॉकसस Mongolian: mn Кавказ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kaukasia Nynorsk: nn Kaukasia Occitan: oc Caucàs m Ossetian: os Кавказ Persian: fa قفقاز qafqâz Middle Persian: pal kpkwf Polish: pl Kaukaz m Portuguese: pt Cáucaso m Romanian: ro Caucaz m Russian: ru Кавка́з m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ка̀вказ m Latin: sh Kàvkaz m Slovak: sk Kaukaz m Slovene: sl Kavkáz m Spanish: es Cáucaso m Swedish: sv Kaukasien c Tajik: tg Қафқоз Tatar: tt Кавказ Thai: th คอเคซัส kor kay sát Turkish: tr Kafkasya Turkmen: tk Kavkaz Ukrainian: uk Кавка́з m Uzbek: uz Kavkaz Vietnamese: vi Kavkaz Zhuang: za Gauhgyahsoz en Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Mountains Russia Latin Etymology la Caucasus :bor grc:Καύκασος + 1 Pronunciation Caucasus Proper noun Caucasus<2> la Mountains en Caucasus Declension Caucasus<2> Descendants ca Caucas fr Caucase gl Cáucaso it Caucaso oc Caucàs pt Cáucaso ro Caucaz es Cáucaso eu Kaukaso 1 ar اَلْقَوْقَاز 1 az Qafqaz 1 ps قفقاز qafqāz, qavqāz 1 fa-cls 1 fa قفقاز qafqâz tg Қафқоз tt Qawqaz 1 da Kaukasus 1 nl Kaukasus 1 en Caucasus 1 fi Kaukasus 1 de Kaukasus 1 hu Kaukázus 1 mga Cucas 1 ga Cugas ru Кавказ 1