South Caucasus

South Caucasus

English

Proper noun

South Caucasus

1. A mountainous region in the easternmost part of Europe, lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising republics of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Also known as Transcaucasus.

Synonyms

• Transcaucasia
• Transcaucasus

Translations

region of southwest Asia

Arabic: جَنُوب اَلْقَوْقَاز‎ m (janūb al-qawqāz) Armenian: Հարավային Կովկաս (Haravayin Kovkas), Անդրկովկաս (Andrkovkas) Azerbaijani: Cənubi Qafqaz (az), Zaqafqaziya Chinese: Mandarin: 南高加索 (Nán Gāojiāsuǒ) Czech: Zakavkazsko n Dutch: Trans-Kaukasië French: Transcaucasie (fr) f, Caucase du Sud m Georgian: სამხრეთი კავკასია (samxreti ḳavḳasia) German: Transkaukasien (de) n

Hindi: दक्षिणी कॉकेशस (hi) m (dakshinii kaukeshas) Japanese: 南コーカサス (Minami Kōkasasu) Lezgi: Кьиблепатан Къавкъаз (Q̇iblepatan Q̄avq̄az) Ossetian: Фæскавказ (Fæskavkaz) Persian: قفقاز جنوبی‎ (Qafqâz-e Jonubi) Portuguese: Transcaucásia f Russian: Закавка́зье (ru) n (Zakavkázʹje), Ю́жный Кавка́з m (Júžnyj Kavkáz) Spanish: Transcaucasia f Turkish: Güney Kafkasya, Transkafkasya