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Meaning of Caucasus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkɔːkəsəs

Definitions

  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.
  2. A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca Qafqaz
Bosanski Kavkaz Кавказ
Català Caucas
Čeština Kavkaz
Deutsch Kaukasus
Ελληνικά Καύκασος
Esperanto Kaŭkazio Kaŭkazo
Español Cáucaso
فارسی قفقاز
Français Caucase
Gaeilge Cugas
Galego Cáucaso
Hrvatski Kavkaz Кавказ
Magyar Kaukázus
Հայերեն Կովկաս
Қазақша Кавказ
한국어 카프카스
Kurdî Kafkasya
Latina Caucasus
Lietuvių Kaukazas
Nederlands Kaukasus
Polski Kaukaz
Português Cáucaso
Română Caucaz
Русский Кавказ
Slovenščina Kavkaz
Српски Kavkaz Кавказ
Тоҷикӣ Қафқоз
Українська Кавказ

Examples

“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?”
“[…] from the long and rugged ravines of the Caucasus, […]”
“Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves, / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus, / […]”
“Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium writhed in the throes of Anarchy, while Russia, watching from the Caucasus, stooped and bound them one by one.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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