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nouna large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
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nounthe 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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- georgia a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
- caucasian a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
- chechnya an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
- kurdistan an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
- caucasus a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
- iberia an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia
- iberian a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus
- caucasia a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
- transcaucasia a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan
- chechen republic an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic