noun
a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
• Syn: ↑Caucasus
• Members of this Region: ↑Circassian
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Member Meronyms: ↑Circassian
• Part Meronyms: ↑Transcaucasia, ↑Caucasus, ↑Caucasus Mountains
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/kaw kay"zheuh, -sheuh/, n.
Caucasus (def. 2).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.