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Caucasusn.

英 美 ˈkɔkəsəs
中文n. 高加索(俄罗斯南部地区,位于黑海和里海之间,等于Caucasia);高加索山脉(等于the Caucasus Mountains)
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Caucasus (n.)mountain range between Europe and the Middle East, from Latin Caucasus, from Greek kaukasis, said by Pliny ("Natural History," book six, chap. XVII) to be from a Scythian word similar to kroy-khasis, literally "(the mountain) ice-shining, white with snow." But possibly from a Pelasgian root *kau- meaning "mountain."
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