Caucasus

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/ˈkɔːkəsəs/

proper noun

A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus.

OriginLatin Caucasus ← Ancient Greek Καύκασος →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus.

    […] from the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus, […]

    1851, Lieutenant Maturin Murray, The Circassian Slave, or The Sultan's Favorite
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    Oh who can hold a fire in his hand / By thinking on the froſtie Caucaſus? / Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, / by bare imagination of a Feaſt?

    1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

    Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves, / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus, / […]

    1887, Walter Savage Landor, Gebir

    Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium writhed in the throes of Anarchy, while Russia, watching from the Caucasus, stooped and bound them one by one.

    1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King In Yellow
  2. The Hindu Kush, anciently known by Latin and Greek translated variants as the 'Caucasus of India' since the time of Alexander the Great.
  3. geopoliticsA geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΚαύκασος
  2. LatinCaucasus
  3. EnglishCaucasus

Via Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).

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Translations

Arabic اَلْقَوْقَاز, القُفْقَاز
  • اَلْقَوْقَاز (al-qawqāz)a mountain range
  • القُفْقَاز (al-qufqāz)a mountain range
  • اَلْقَوْقَاز (al-qawqāz)geographic region
Basque Kaukaso
  • Kaukasogeographic region
Bengali কাফকাজ, কাফকাজ
  • কাফকাজ (kaphokaj)a mountain range
  • কাফকাজ (kaphokaj)geographic region
Bulgarian Кавка́з
  • Кавка́з (Kavkáz)geographic region
Catalan Caucas, Caucas
  • Caucasa mountain range
  • Caucasgeographic region
Chinese Mandarin 高加索, 高加索
  • 高加索 (Gāojiāsuǒ)a mountain range
  • 高加索 (Gāojiāsuǒ)geographic region
Czech Kavkaz, Kavkaz
  • Kavkaza mountain range
  • Kavkazgeographic region
Danish Kaukasus
  • Kaukasusgeographic region
Dutch Kaukasus, Kaukasus
  • Kaukasusa mountain range
  • Kaukasusgeographic region
Esperanto Kaŭkazo, Kaŭkazio
  • Kaŭkazoa mountain range
  • Kaŭkaziogeographic region
Estonian Kaukaasia
  • Kaukaasiageographic region
Finnish Kaukasus
  • Kaukasusgeographic region
French Caucase
  • Caucasegeographic region
German Kaukasus, Kaukasus
  • Kaukasusa mountain range
  • Kaukasusgeographic region
Greek Καύκασος
  • Καύκασος (Káfkasos)geographic region
Hebrew קַוְקָז, קווקז
  • קַוְקָז (kavkaz)a mountain range
  • קווקז (kaukaz)geographic region
Hindi कॉकेशस, क़फ़क़ाज़
  • कॉकेशस (kŏkeśas)a mountain range
  • क़फ़क़ाज़ (qafqāz)a mountain range
  • कॉकेशस (kŏkeśas)geographic region
  • क़फ़क़ाज़ (qafqāz)geographic region
Hungarian Kaukázus
  • Kaukázusgeographic region
Indonesian Kaukasus
  • Kaukasusgeographic region
Irish Cugas, Cugas
  • Cugasa mountain range
  • Cugasgeographic region
Italian Catena del Caucaso, Caucaso
  • Catena del Caucasoa mountain range
  • Caucasogeographic region
Japanese カフカース, コーカサス
  • カフカース (Kafukāsu)geographic region
  • コーカサス (Kōkasasu)geographic region
Korean 캅카스, 캅카스
  • 캅카스 (kapkaseu)a mountain range
  • 캅카스 (kapkaseu)geographic region
Latin Caucasus
  • Caucasusgeographic region
Latvian Kaukāzs
  • Kaukāzsgeographic region
Lithuanian Kaukazas
  • Kaukazasgeographic region
Malay Kaukasus
  • Kaukasusgeographic region
Norwegian Bokmål Kaukasus, Kaukasia
  • Kaukasusa mountain range
  • Kaukasiageographic region
Persian قفقاز
  • قفقاز (qafqâz)geographic region
Polish Kaukaz
  • Kaukazgeographic region
Portuguese Cáucaso
  • Cáucasogeographic region
Romanian Caucaz
  • Caucazgeographic region
Russian Кавка́з
  • Кавка́з (Kavkáz)geographic region
Slovak Kaukaz
  • Kaukazgeographic region
Spanish Cáucaso
  • Cáucasogeographic region
Swedish Kaukasien
  • Kaukasiengeographic region
Thai คอเคซัส
  • คอเคซัส (kor kay sát)geographic region
Turkish Kafkasya
  • Kafkasyageographic region
Ukrainian Кавка́з
  • Кавка́з (Kavkáz)geographic region
Vietnamese Kavkaz
  • Kavkazgeographic region

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Caucasus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caucasus

MLA

“Caucasus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caucasus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caucasus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caucasus.

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