TRANSCAUCASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Transcaucasia mean? 

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

1. a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSCAUCASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Transcaucasia"):

Armenia; Hayastan; Republic of Armenia (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors)

Azerbaijan; Azerbaijani Republic; Azerbajdzhan; Azerbajdzhan Republic (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)

Georgia; Sakartvelo (a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991)

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

Caucasia; Caucasus (a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource)