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1. (n.) Caucasus
Also called Caucasus Mountains. a mountain range in Caucasia, between the Black and Caspian seas, along the border between Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Highest peak, Mt. Elbrus, 18,481 ft. (5633 m).
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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
2. (noun) Caucasia, Caucasus
a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. caucasus
an enormous mountain range, 750 m. in length, extending from the Black Sea ESE. to the Caspian, in two parallel chains, with tablelands between, bounded on the S. by the valley of the Kur, which separates it from the tableland of Armenia; snow-line higher than that of the Alps; has fewer and smaller glaciers; has no active volcanoes, though abundant evidence of volcanic action.
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