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    CAUCASIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resourceplay

    Synonyms:

    Caucasia; Caucasus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

    Meronyms (parts of "Caucasia"):

    Transcaucasia (a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan)

    Caucasus; Caucasus Mountains (the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia)

    Meronyms (members of "Caucasia"):

    Circassian (a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia)

    Domain member region:

    Circassian (a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia)

    Derivation:

    Caucasian (of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia)

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