Transcaucasia

[ trans-kaw-key-zhuh, -shuh ]

noun

1. a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 TranscaucasianSocialistFederatedSovietRepublic; area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Transcaucasia

/ ˌtrænskɔːˈkeɪzjə /

noun

1. a region in central Asia, south of the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan: a constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1918 until 1936

Other Words From

• Trans·cau·ca·sian [trans-kaw-, key, -zh, uh, n, -sh, uh, n, -, kazh, -, uh, n, -, kash, -], adjective noun

Example Sentences

That letter which you have just read was written hundreds of years ago, and the woman in question lived in Transcaucasia.

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Various kinds of fodder crops are grown in Transcaucasia, such as hay, rye-grass and lucerne.

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Turkey was also rewarded by receiving a part of Transcaucasia, which Germany later attempted to take from her.

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This led to his appointment in 1844 as the head of a public school at Tiflis, in Transcaucasia.

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No Allied general had visited Transcaucasia since the outbreak of hostilities, so that we were made doubly welcome.

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