Transcaucasian
- adjective
- /trænˈskɔːkeɪʒən/
- The Transcaucasian region is known for its diverse cultures and languages.
- Transcaucasian republics
Examples
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The ancient trade routes passed through several important Transcaucasian cities.
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If that is the case, then even the apparently irrational destruction of the economic infrastructure and human capital both in the Yugoslav and Transcaucasian spaces has a kind of external rationale.
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In conjunction with the second Russian war against Chechnya, there also appears to be a renewed Russian determination to assert its Transcaucasian and Central Asian prerogatives together with China and against the United States.
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If a Central Asian or Transcaucasian ruler spurns U.S. pleas and arguments for reform, yet his country fails further and further, radical insurgents, Islamist or others, will exploit that situation against the United States and the government in power.
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Moreover, U.S. efforts to tie energy supplies through and to Armenia if it makes peace with Baku encounter strong opposition in Erevan and Nagorno-Karabakh, both of whose forces could easily undermine a pipeline to Turkey through Armenia or other Transcaucasian states.
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Many Transcaucasian countries are rich in natural resources, including oil and gas.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transcaucasian comes from trans- meaning 'across' and Caucasus, the name of the mountain range. So Transcaucasian refers to the lands 'across', that is, to the south of the Caucasus Mountains.