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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Cau•ca•sian (kô kā′zhən, -shən, -kazh′ən, -kash′-),USA pronunciation adj. Also, Cau•cas•ic (kô kas′ik, -kaz′-).USA pronunciation - Physical Anthropology[Anthropol.]of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India: no longer in technical use.
- Language Varieties, Place Namesof or pertaining to the Caucasus mountain range.
- Language Varietiesof or related to the non-Indo-European, non-Turkic languages of the Caucasus region.
n. - Physical Anthropology[Anthropol.]a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Caucasian race, esp. those peoples having light to fair skin: no longer in technical use.
- Language Varietiesa native of Caucasia.
- Greek Kaukásios, equivalent. to Kaúkas(os) Caucasus + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix) + -an
- Latin Caucasi(us) (
- 1800–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Caucasian /kɔːˈkeɪzɪən -ʒən/ adj - old-fashioned
another word for Caucasoid - of or relating to the Caucasus
n - a White person; a Caucasoid
- a native or inhabitant of Caucasia
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