CAUCASUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)