Caucasian Albania

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Caucasian Albania in 80 BC (purple)

Etymology

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From Latin Albānia, from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). Called Caucasian in order to distinguish it from the unrelated modern country in the Balkans.

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Caucasian Albania

  1. An ancient region and former kingdom in Western Asia, south of the Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea.

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