Meanings
- historicalThe 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.
[I]f we consider the extraordinary facility of communication produced, partly by the railway laid down in Transcaspia, partly by the opening of the road between Bokhara, Merv, and Sarakhs, we may well anticipate the unusual development which the Russian trade[.]
1885, Armin Vambery, The Coming Struggle for India, London: Cassell, page 123Synonyms: Transcaspian Oblast
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe 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.
Origin
- RussianЗакаспи́йская о́бласть“Transcaspian oblast”
- EnglishTranscaspia
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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Russian Закаспи́йская о́бласть, Закаспи́йский кра́й
- Закаспи́йская о́бласть (Zakaspíjskaja óblastʹ)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
- Закаспи́йский кра́й (Zakaspíjskij kráj)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
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Transcaspia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transcaspia
“Transcaspia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Transcaspia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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