Meanings
- the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains, which stretches for about 1,200 kilometres from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea.
Synonyms: Caucasus Major
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounthe major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains, which stretches for about 1,200 kilometres from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea.
Translations
French Grand Caucase
- Grand Caucasemountain range
German Großer Kaukasus
- Großer Kaukasusmountain range
Hindi बृहत्तर कॉकेशस
- बृहत्तर कॉकेशस (bŕhattar kŏkeśas)mountain range
Italian Gran Caucaso
- Gran Caucasomountain range
Polish Wielki Kaukaz
- Wielki Kaukazmountain range
Russian Большо́й Кавка́з
- Большо́й Кавка́з (Bolʹšój Kavkáz)mountain range
Cite this entry
Greater Caucasus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greater%20Caucasus
“Greater Caucasus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greater%20Caucasus. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greater Caucasus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greater%20Caucasus.
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