CASPIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caspian mean? 

• CASPIAN (noun)
  The noun CASPIAN has 1 sense:

1. a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world

  Familiarity information: CASPIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASPIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Caspian; Caspian Sea

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Caspian" is a part of...):

Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)

Russia; Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991)

 Context examples 

A country in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia.

(Azerbaijan, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia.

(Azerbaijan, NCI Thesaurus)

Some cross political boundaries, such as the Caspian Sea, which is shared by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)

The continent whose boundaries are the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Ural Mountains and Ural River in the east, the Caspian Sea, Caucasus mountains and Black Sea in the southeast and the Mediterranean Sea in the south.

(Europe, NCI Thesaurus)