caucasus

2 definitions found

caucasus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caucasus \Caucasus\ n.
     1. (Geog.) a large region between the Black and Caspian seas.
  
     Syn: Caucasia.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Geog.) the mountain range located between the Black and
        Caspian seas.
        [PJC]

caucasus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Caucasus
      n 1: the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and
           the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border
           between Europe and Asia [syn: Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains
           ]
      2: a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that
         contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
         [syn: Caucasia, Caucasus]