Caucasus

[ kaw-kuh-suhs ]

noun

1. the Caucasus. Also called Caucasus Mountains. a mountain range in Caucasia, between the Black and Caspian seas, along the border between the Russian Federation, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Highest peak, Mt. Elbrus, 18,481 feet (5,633 meters).
2. Also Cau·ca·sia []. a region between the Black and Caspian seas: divided by the Caucasus Mountains into Ciscaucasia in Europe and Transcaucasia in Asia.

Caucasus

/ ˈkɔːkəsəs /

noun

1. Also calledCaucasus Mountains a mountain range in SW Russia, running along the N borders of Georgia and Azerbaijan, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: mostly over 2700 m (9000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Elbrus, 5642 m (18 510 ft)
2. See Caucasia
   another name for Caucasia

Caucasus

1. Mountain range extending from the Black Sea southeast to the Caspian Sea , through extreme southern Russia , Georgia , Armenia , and Azerbaijan .

Notes

It forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia .

Oil is its major resource. In World War II , the Germans tried to seize or neutralize this resource but were driven back by the Soviets.

Example Sentences

Kashk, in varying preparations and names, is also used in several neighboring countries and regions, such as Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Palestine.

From Washington Post

She also contributed to Caucasus news website Kavkazsky Uzel, served as a consultant for Human Rights Watch, and was one of few people reporting on human rights abuses in Chechnya.

From Fortune

Because Syrian airspace is closed, planes must fly either south of Syria through the Mediterranean, or north, through Turkey and the Caucasus.

From Fortune

Russia’s sphere of influence appears to be spinning out of control, with war in the Caucasus, revolution in Kyrgyzstan and an uprising in Belarus.

From Axios

The history of horrors in the North Caucasus is so extraordinary and so long as to seem almost otherworldly.

From The Daily Beast

We reported a split in the ‘Caucasus Emirate’ with some insurgents joining ISIS.

From The Daily Beast

In this valley so far away from Syria, questions loom like mist drifting off the Caucasus.

From The Daily Beast

Many in the neighboring North Caucasus republics say they envy Chechnya its strong leader.

From The Daily Beast

And we will liberate Chechnya and the entire Caucasus, God willing.

From The Daily Beast

The Caucasus passed numerous boats being towed up the stream, carrying all sorts of merchandise to Nijni-Novgorod.

From Project Gutenberg

An hour afterwards the bell rang on board the Caucasus, calling the new passengers, and recalling the former ones.

From Project Gutenberg

We read of the popular novelist Bestuzhev, who was exiled to Siberia and then sent to the Caucasus as a soldier.

From Project Gutenberg

The wandering minstrel is the principal schoolmaster in the Caucasus.

From Project Gutenberg

Blumenbach chose a particular skull as the type of this race and it happened to be a skull from the Caucasus.

From Project Gutenberg