Caucasia

American  

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

noun

1. a variant of Caucasus.

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Caucasia British  

/ -ʒə, kɔːˈkeɪzɪə /

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

According to the languages spoken the populations of Caucasia admit of being classified as follows,1 according to Senator N. Trointsky, president of the Russian Census Committee for 1897.

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

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 Hedin, Sven Anders

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 Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Thus, Mr. Hyde Clarke states that the greater part of Brazil is covered by the Guarani or Tupi languages, which are allied to the Agaw of the Nile region, the Abkass of Caucasia, etc.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

Including Trans Caucasia, it covers an area of 180,843 square miles,—or about that of Colorado and Utah, and contains a population of 8,350,000.

From The Story of Russia by Bergen, R. Van