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CAUCASIA

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 I. (noun) 

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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 "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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