Caucasus

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专有名词
  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.
    — 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?
  2. The Hindu Kush, anciently known by Latin and Greek translated variants as the 'Caucasus of India' since the time of Alexander the Great.
  3. A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

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Caucasia Caucasian Caucasology Caucasus Indicus Greater Caucasus Lesser Caucasus North Caucasus South Caucasus

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Via Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).
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