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Caucasus (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 045 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area between the Black and Caspian Seas, surrounding the Caucasus mountains, comprising roughly the modern nations of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern parts of Russia, and northeastern Turkey. It takes its name from the Caucasus tribes that settled here; was home to Milesian Greeks, subsequently was invaded numerous times; legendary site of Jason's quest for Golden Fleece; the Caucasus mountains have traditionally been the boundary separating Europe from Asia; however, the area is more subject to Asian influence and so is more often grouped with Asia in modern scholarship. |
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| Caucasus (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Caucasia (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Kavkaz (C,V,Russian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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............ | Russian name |
| Caucaso (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Le Caucase (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Caucasus region (C,V,display,English,U,N)
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| Caucasian (C,V,English,U,A)
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| קווקז (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Caucasus Region (C,U,English)
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| Gafgaz (C,U)
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| Kavkasia (C,U)
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| Kavkazskiye Gory (C,U)
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| Kavkazskiy Khrebet (C,U)
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| Kovkas (C,U,O)
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| Qafqaz (C,U)
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| Kaukasos (H,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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............ | ancient Greek name |
| Kaz-kaz (H,V,Hittite,U,N)
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............ | Hittite, referring to ancient peole living on the S shore of the Black Sea |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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