Caucasus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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 Mountains}]
       2: a large region between the Black and Caspian seas; oil is
          its major resource [syn: {Caucasia}]