Caucasia

American  

[kaw-kay-zhuh, -shuh] / kɔˈkeɪ ʒə, -ʃə /

noun

1. a variant of Caucasus.

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Caucasia British  

/ kɔːˈkeɪzɪə, -ʒə /

noun

1. Also called: the Caucasus. a region in SW Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea: contains the Caucasus Mountains, dividing it into Ciscaucasia in the north and Transcaucasia in the south; one of the most complex ethnic areas in the world, with over 50 different peoples

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Caucasia

There Europeans dwell, and there are found Greeks and Italians, Jews and Armenians, and other men of races living in the adjacent countries—in the Balkan Peninsula, in Asia Minor and Caucasia.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin

The Czar's influence over the Danish Royal House led to the Prince promptly refusing that dangerous honour, which it is believed that Russia then designed for the Prince of Mingrelia, a dignitary of Russian Caucasia.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose

Marshall entered Mosul, and presently British ships commanded the Black Sea and British troops were holding a line across Caucasia to the Caspian and connecting with the chain of forces established between Krasnovodsk and India.

From A Short History of the Great War by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

Here is the Caucasia of our youthful dreams, and the mystic hills and vales whence Mingrelian princes issued forth to deeds of valor in old romantic tales.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

History.—To the ancient Greeks Caucasia, and the mighty range which dominates it, were a region of mystery and romance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

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