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IPA|/ˈkɔːkəsəs/

Proper noun
Caucasus

1. A mountain range in West Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on the territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Usage notes
Usually as the Caucasus but not always (see quot. 1887)

Quotations
1851: the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus — Lieutenant Maturin Murray, The Circassian Slave, or The Sultan's Favorite, 1851
1887: Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus — Walter Savage Landor, Gebir, 1887
1895: Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium writhed in the throes of Anarchy, while Russia, watching from the Caucasus, stooped and bound them one by one. — Robert W. Chambers, The King In Yellow, 1895

Translations
trans-top|geographic region
Czech: Kavkaz m
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Category:Mountains

fr:Caucasus
pl:Caucasus
fi:Caucasus

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