Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtə(ɹ) ˈkɔːkəsəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɹ̠ʷeɪ̯ɾɚ ˈkʰɔkəsəs]

Proper noun

Greater Caucasus

1. the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains, which stretches for about 1,200 kilometres from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea.

Synonyms

• Caucasus Major

Translations

mountain range

Armenian: Մեծ Կովկաս (Mec Kovkas) Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz (az) French: Grand Caucase Georgian: დიდი კავკასიონი (didi ḳavḳasioni)

German: Großer Kaukasus Italian: Gran Caucaso Russian: Большо́й Кавка́з (ru) (Bolʹšój Kavkáz)

See also

• Lesser Caucasus