Etymology

Transcaspia

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Today it means: The name used from the second half of the 19th century until 1924 for the section of Russian Empire to the east of the Caspian Sea. Full definition →

Russian Закаспи́йская о́бласть
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  1. Russian · calque ofЗакаспи́йская о́бласть“Transcaspian oblast”
  2. English todayTranscaspia

From Russian Закаспи́йская о́бласть (Zakaspíjskaja óblastʹ, “Transcaspian oblast”) as trans- + Caspia, from the fact that in the early 20th century the easiest way to reach it from central Russia or Transcaucasia was across the Caspian Sea, by boat.

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