Caucasian

caucasian English 2021 May 26 Etymology thumb|A Caucasian (adjective sense 1) family – in this case Russian settlers, possibly Molokans – in the Mugan plain of Azerbaijan, photographed by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky 1905–1915 yes. From en Caucasus mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea ian suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’.adj. and n 29052 December 2018 1; adj. and n The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there.la Io. Frid. Blumenbach [i.e., Johann Friedrich Blumenbach] Sectio IV. Generis humani varietates quinae principes, species vero unica. De generis hvmani varietate nativaPraemissa est epistola ad virvm perillvstrem Iosephvm Banks baronetvm regiae Societatis Londin. praesidem The Natural Variety of the Human Race 3rd Göttingen, Lower Saxony Vandenhoek et Rvprecht 1795 § 82 (Characteres et limites harum varietatum) 289 https://archive.org/details/degenerishumaniv00blum/page/289/mode/1up 62621989.Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould The Geometer of Race Discover https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-geometer-of-race https://web.archive.org/web/20210120013339/https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-geometer-of-race 20 January 2021 Waukesha, Wis. Kalmbach Publishing Co. November 1994 65–69 0274-7529 1054391357 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), the German anatomist and naturalist who established the most influential of all racial classifications, invented this name [Caucasian] in 1795, in the third edition of his seminal work, De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa (On the Natural Variety of Mankind). Blumenbach’s definition cites two reasons for his choice—the maximal beauty of the people from this small region, and the probability that humans were first created in this area. 12 April 2021 Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The Big Lebowski (1998): see the quotation. Pronunciation en /kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/ /-ʃən/ /kɔːˈkeɪ.zɪ.ən/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caucasian.wav Southern England en /kɔˈkeɪ.ʒən/ GA en /kɑˈkeɪ.ʒən/ cot-caught en eɪʒən eɪʃən 3 3 en Cau cas i an Adjective Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people. en Caucasic en racial classification en anthropology dated Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia. en Caucasoid Europid en by extension Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white. Alternative forms en caucasian Derived terms en Caucasian clover Cablinasian Caucasian agama (Paralaudakia caucasia species) Caucasian Albania Caucasian Albanian Caucasian alder (Alnus subcordata species) Caucasian ash Caucasian Azerbaijan Caucasian badger (Meles canescens species) Caucasian bear (Ursus arctos syriacus subspecies or Ursus arctos arctos subspecies) Caucasian birch mouse (Sicista caucasica species) Caucasian black grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi species) Caucasian bladdernut (Staphylea colchica species) Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii species) Caucasian comfrey (Symphytum caucasicum species) Caucasian dwarf goby (Knipowitschia caucasica species) Caucasian elk (†Alces alces caucasicus subspecies) Caucasian goat (Capra caucasica species) Caucasian goby (Ponticola constructor species) Caucasian grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi species) Caucasian hackberry (Celtis caucasica species) Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasia subspecies) Caucasian Iberia Caucasian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana subspecies) Caucasian lily (Lilium kesselringianum species, Lilium monadelphum species) Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki subspecies) Caucasian mole (Talpa caucasica species) Caucasian moose (†Alces alces caucasicus subspecies) Caucasian mountain ground squirrel (Spermophilus musicus species) Caucasianness Caucasian nettle tree (Celtis caucasica species) Caucasian newt (Lissotriton lantzi species) Caucasian ovcharka Caucasian peony (Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii subspecies) Caucasian persimmon (Diospyros lotus species) Caucasian salamander (Mertensiella caucasica species) Caucasian shepherd,Caucasian shepherd dog Caucasian smooth newt (Lissotriton lantzi species) Caucasian snowcock (Tetraogallus caucasicus species) Caucasian snowdrop (Galanthus alpinus var. alpinus variety) Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud species) Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus species) Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica species) Caucasian walnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia species) Caucasian whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos species) Caucasian wildcat (Felis silvestris caucasica subspecies) Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia species) Caucasian zelkova (Zelkova carpinifolia species) Caucasity Dene-Caucasian Dené-Caucasian North Caucasian Federal District South Caucasian<pos:adjective> Related terms en Caucasic en Caucasoid en Caucasus Translations of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people Abkhaz: ab акавказтә Arabic: ar قَوْقَازِيّ m Armenian: hy կովկասյան Azerbaijani: az Bulgarian: bg кавка́зки Catalan: ca caucasià, ca caucàsic Chechen: ce кавказхойн Coptic: cop ⲕⲁⲩⲕⲟⲥ m, cop ⲭⲁⲩⲕⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ m Czech: cs kavkazský Danish: da kaukasisk Esperanto: eo kaŭkaza Finnish: fi kaukasialainen French: fr caucasien Georgian: ka კავკასიური, ka კავკასიის German: de kaukasisch Greek: el καυκασιανός Hawaiian: haw Hungarian: hu kaukázusi Ingush: inh кавказски Irish: ga Cugasach Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kaukasisk Nynorsk: nn kaukasisk Ossetian: os кавказаг Polish: pl kaukaski Portuguese: pt caucasiano Romanian: ro caucazian m Russian: ru кавка́зский Slovak: sk kaukazský Spanish: es caucásico, es caucasiano, es caucáseo disused Swedish: sv kaukasisk Tagalog: tl Kawkasin Turkish: tr Kafkas of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin Apache: Western Apache: apw indaa Arabic: ar يَافِثِيّ, ar أَحْمَرِيّ, ar قَوْقَازِيّ Armenian: hy սպիտակամորթ Azerbaijani: az Bulgarian: bg европеиден Catalan: ca caucàsic Chechen: ce кӏайн Danish: da kaukasisk Efik: efi Finnish: fi valkoihoinen, fi valkoinen Georgian: ka კავკასიური, ka ევროპეოიდური Greek: el καυκασιανός Hawaiian: haw haole Ibibio: ibb Lakota: lkt wasicu Mandingo: Mandinka: mnk toubob Persian: fa قفقازی qafqâzi Polish: pl kaukaski m Portuguese: pt caucasiano Romanian: ro caucaziană f Russian: ru бе́лый, ru европе́йский, ru европео́идный Spanish: es caucásico, es caucáseo disused Sranan Tongo: srn bakra, srn yobo, srn wetiman Swedish: sv kaukasisk Turkish: tr Kafkas of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry white Spanish: es caucásico, es caucáseo disused Sranan Tongo: srn bakra Noun thumb|A couple, both Caucasians (noun sense 5), seated on a park bench. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus. en alcoholic beverages humorous en White Russian a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, milk, and vodka. en Joel and Ethan Coen w:Jeff Bridges Jeffrey (“The Dude”) Lebowski w:The Big Lebowski 18 January 1998 motion picture I'll go out and mingle. Jesus, you mix a hell of a Caucasian, Jackie. en anthropology dated A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2). en linguistics A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region. en North America A white person. en Thesaurus:white person en w:Ridley Pearson 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=O3kJg8x-gsMC&pg=PT12 Killer View Jove premium New York, N.Y. w:Jove Books 2008 2009 978-1-4406-3279-2 The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours. Alternative forms en caucasian Derived terms en Cablinasian en Northeast Caucasian en South Caucasian noun, proper noun Translations native or inhabitant of the Caucasus Arabic: ar قَوْقَازِيّ m Armenian: hy կովկասցի Azerbaijani: az qafqazlı Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 高加索人 Gāojiāsuǒ rén Czech: cs Kavkazan m Danish: da kaukasier c Esperanto: eo kaŭkazano, eo kaŭkazanino f Finnish: fi kaukasialainen French: fr Caucasien m, fr Caucasienne f Georgian: ka კავკასიელი German: de Kaukasier m, de Kaukasierin f Greek: el Καυκάσιος m, el Καυκάσια f Hebrew: he קווקזי m qavqazi, he קווקזית f qavqazít Irish: ga Cugasach m Japanese: ja カフカース人 Kafukāsu-jin Kazakh: kk кавказдық Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kaukasier m Ossetian: os кавказаг Portuguese: pt caucasiano m, pt caucasiana f Russian: ru кавка́зец Spanish: es caucáseo m disused, es caucásico m, es caucasiano m Tagalog: tl Kawkaseyo Turkish: tr Kafkas, tr Kafkasyalı synonym of White Russian White Russian member of the Caucasian racial classification Apache: Chiricahua: apm dáadatł’ijénde, apm indaa, apm indaałigańde, apm indaałigaénde, Mescalero apm indaa’ Jicarilla: apj Ma̠gáanii Western Apache: apw indaa, apw innaa Arabic: ar يَافِثِيّ m, ar يَافِثِيَّة f, ar أَحْمَرِيّ m, ar حَمْرَاء f, ar قَوْقَازِيّ m, ar قَوْقَازِيَّة f Armenian: hy սպիտակամորթ Cheyenne: chy vé'ho'e Chichewa: ny mzungu Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 白人 báirén, cmn 白種人 báizhǒngrén Czech: cs běloch m, cs europoid m Danish: da kaukasier c Dena'ina: tfn gasht’ana Esperanto: eo kaŭkazulo Ewe: ee Finnish: fi valkoinen, fi valkoihoinen Fon: fon French: fr Blanc m, fr Blanche f, fr Caucasien m, fr Caucasienne f Georgian: ka თეთრი რასა, ka თეთრი, ka თეთრკანიანი, ka ევროპეოიდი German: de Europide m, de Weißer m indef., de Weiße m f m. def, f. def. and indef. Gullah: gul buckruh Hawaiian: haw haole Italian: it bianco Japanese: ja 白人 はくじん, hakujin Karok: kyh apxantínihich, kyh simsimtâar, kyh mákay Kikuyu: ki Mũthũngũ c1 Korean: ko 백인(白人) Lakota: lkt wasicu Mandingo: Mandinka: mnk toubob Māori: mi pākehā Navajo: nv bilagáana Ojibwe: oj ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔥ, oj zhaaganaash, oj waabishkiiwe Portuguese: pt caucasiano m, pt caucasiana f Russian: ru бе́лый m, ru белый f бе́лая, ru европе́ец, ru европе́йка, ru европео́ид m Spanish: es caucásico m Sranan Tongo: srn bakra, srn yobo, srn wetiman Swedish: sv kaukasier c, sv kaukas c, sv kaukasiska f c Taos: twf phonsáyna Thai: th คนผิวขาว kon pĭw-kăao Turkish: tr Kafkas, tr Kafkasyalı Tyap: kcg Nsala Vietnamese: vi người da trắng (vi 𠊛𤿦𤽸), vi người trắng (vi 𠊛𤽸) Yup'ik: esu kass'aq Zulu: zu umlungu c1 c2 group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region white person Apache: Western Apache: apw inná Chinese: Cantonese: yue 鬼佬 gwai2 lou2 colloquial, derogatory Mandarin: cmn 洋人 yángrén, cmn 白人 báirén, cmn 高鼻子 gāobízi slang Esperanto: eo blankulo Lushootseed: lut pastəd References Further reading Caucasian race historical race concepts languages of the Caucasus peoples of the Caucasus white people Caucasian Caucasian (disambiguation)