Caucasian vs Caucasus - What's the difference?
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Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.
(anthropology, archaic) Of a racial classification; pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, wavy or curly hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Western, Central and South Asia.
(US, of a person) White, being a white person: of European descent.
A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
(anthropology, archaic) A member of the Caucasian racial classification.
A person of European descent, a white person.
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(linguistics) A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
(humorous, bartending) The White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Apparently originated in the 1998 film .
a mountain range in Eastern Europe and West Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on the territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus
* 1851 , Lieutenant Maturin Murray, The Circassian Slave, or The Sultan's Favorite :
* 1887 , Walter Savage Landor, Gebir :
* 1895 , Robert W. Chambers, The King In Yellow :
(geopolitical) The Eurasian region home of the aforementioned mountain range.
Caucasian is a related term of caucasus.
caucasian
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Adjective
(Caucasian race) (en adjective)Noun
(en noun)See also
* (Historical race concepts)caucasus
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(wikipedia Caucasus)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Driven with that weak blast which Winter leaves, / Closing his palace gates on Caucasus , /
- Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium writhed in the throes of Anarchy, while Russia, watching from the Caucasus , stooped and bound them one by one.