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Caucasian

cau·ca·sian

UK/kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən/ US/-ʃən/ fairly common us
adjective (2) noun (2)

adjective

1.

of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia

  • “Caucasian languages”
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2.

of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

  • “voting patterns within the white population”
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a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere

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From Caucasus (“mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea”) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from, related to, or like’, or forming nouns with the sense ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there. Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The Big Lebowski (1998): see the quotation.

Phrases

  • Caucasian agama
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Caucasian Albanian
  • Caucasian alder
  • Caucasian ash
  • Caucasian Azerbaijan
  • Caucasian badger
  • Caucasian bear

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