Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caucasus

2 senses of caucasus

Sense 1
Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains -- (the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia)
       INSTANCE OF=> range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains -- (a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range")

Sense 2
Caucasia, Caucasus -- (a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)