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transcaucasian

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Trans⋅cau⋅ca⋅sia

  [trans-kaw-key-zhuh, -shuh]
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–noun
a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 (Transcaucasian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic); area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
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Trans⋅cau⋅ca⋅sian  [trans-kaw-key-zhuhn, -shuhn, -kazh-uhn, -kash-] , adjective, noun
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Trans·cau·ca·sia   (trāns'kô-kā'zhə, -zhē-ə, trānz'-)   
A region comprising present-day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan between the Caucasus Mountains and the borders of Turkey and Iran.
Trans'cau·ca'sian adj. & n.
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