Caucasian

adjective

Cau·ca·sian kȯ-ˈkā-zhən How to pronounce Caucasian (audio)

kä-,

also -ˈka-zhən

: of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants

were forced to leave their Caucasian homeland

: of or relating to a group of people having European ancestry, classified according to physical traits (such as light skin pigmentation), and formerly considered to constitute a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) of humans

Note: People of North African and southwest Asian ancestry were historically also sometimes considered to be of the Caucasian race.

Caucasian noun

Caucasoid

ˈkȯ-kə-ˌsȯid How to pronounce Caucasian (audio)

-ˌzȯid

adjective or noun

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Caucasian vs. White

Caucasian has two fairly distinct meanings, and the difference between them occasionally leads people to aver that one of them is incorrect. The earliest sense of the word is a literal one: “of or relating to the Caucasus (a region in southeastern Europe between the Black and Caspian seas) or its inhabitants.” The second refers to the racial group commonly referred to as white.

The objection to using Caucasian to refer to a white person is that many whites do not actually come from the Caucasus region. Be this as it may, there is no rule in language stipulating that the formation of a word must be based on logic; were this the case we would not call members of this racial group either Caucasian or white, since there are very few whose skin color is in fact that exact shade.

单词	Caucasian
释义	Caucasian adjective Cau·ca·sian kȯ-ˈkā-zhən kä-, also -ˈka-zhən 1 : of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants were forced to leave their Caucasian homeland 2 : of or relating to a group of people having European ancestry, classified according to physical traits (such as light skin pigmentation), and formerly considered to constitute a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) of humans Note: People of North African and southwest Asian ancestry were historically also sometimes considered to be of the Caucasian race. Caucasian noun Caucasoid ˈkȯ-kə-ˌsȯid -ˌzȯid adjective or noun Did you know? Caucasian vs. White Caucasian has two fairly distinct meanings, and the difference between them occasionally leads people to aver that one of them is incorrect. The earliest sense of the word is a literal one: “of or relating to the Caucasus (a region in southeastern Europe between the Black and Caspian seas) or its inhabitants.” The second refers to the racial group commonly referred to as white. The objection to using Caucasian to refer to a white person is that many whites do not actually come from the Caucasus region. Be this as it may, there is no rule in language stipulating that the formation of a word must be based on logic; were this the case we would not call members of this racial group either Caucasian or white, since there are very few whose skin color is in fact that exact shade. Word History First Known Use 1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition Caucasian adjective Cau·ca·sian ˈkȯ-ˈkā-zhən, -ˈkazh-ən : of or relating to a group of people having European ancestry, classified according to physical traits (as light skin pigmentation), and formerly considered to constitute a race of humans
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Caucasian

adjective

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