Greater Caucasus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtə(ɹ) ˈkɔːkəsəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɹ̠ʷeɪ̯ɾɚ ˈkʰɔkəsəs]

Proper noun

Greater Caucasus

1. the major mountain range of the Caucasus Mountains, which stretches for about 1,200 kilometres from west-northwest to east-southeast, between the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea.

Synonyms

• Caucasus Major

Translations

mountain range

• Armenian: Մեծ Կովկաս (Mec Kovkas)
• Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz (az)
• French: Grand Caucase
• Georgian: დიდი კავკასიონი (didi ḳavḳasioni)
• German: Großer Kaukasus
• Italian: Gran Caucaso
• Russian: Большо́й Кавка́з (ru) (Bolʹšój Kavkáz)

See also

• Lesser Caucasus