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CAUCASUS
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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 resource
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 "Caucasus"):
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 "Caucasus"):
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:
Caucasic (of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
Synonyms:
Caucasus; Caucasus Mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Holonyms ("Caucasus" is a part of...):
Caucasia; Caucasus (a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource)
Derivation:
Caucasic (of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia)
