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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range running about 800 km (500 mi) southeast from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, dividing Russia from Georgia and Azerbaijan. Mount Elbrus, 5,642 m (18,510 ft), is the highest elevation.
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- noun the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
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Examples
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But perhaps going to the Caucasus Mountains was the newest experience for Iolo, as he saw numerous rare animals he hadn't come across before.
WalesOnline - Home 2009
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Outgrowing the land area they eventually migrated North through the 'Caucasus Mountains', and into central and Western Europe forming the European Nations, and are known as Caucasians
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Outgrowing the land area they eventually migrated North through the 'Caucasus Mountains', and into central and Western Europe forming the European Nations, and are known as Caucasians
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The Medes, cousins of the Persians, were also on hand, along with their neighbors the Cadusians, Sacesinians, and the Albani from near the Caucasus Mountains.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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It was a German anthropologist, Johann Blumenbach, who had deduced some years earlier that the “Caucasian” race present in Western Europe must have originated in the Caucasus Mountains, on the basis of the attractive dimensions of the skulls of local inhabitants.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The Medes, cousins of the Persians, were also on hand, along with their neighbors the Cadusians, Sacesinians, and the Albani from near the Caucasus Mountains.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Their origin was thought to be in the Caucasus Mountains, hence the term "Caucasian."
Rajiv Malhotra: How Europeans Misappropriated Sanskrit To Form The Aryan Race Theory Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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The Medes, cousins of the Persians, were also on hand, along with their neighbors the Cadusians, Sacesinians, and the Albani from near the Caucasus Mountains.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Their origin was thought to be in the Caucasus Mountains, hence the term "Caucasian."
Rajiv Malhotra: How Europeans Misappropriated Sanskrit To Form The Aryan Race Theory Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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The one exception was Chechnya, a Muslim republic on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains, which had only been incorporated into Russia in 1859.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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