Caucasian
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Caucasian may refer to:
- Anything from the CaucasusCaucasusThe Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
region- Peoples of the Caucasus or Caucasian peoplesCaucasian peoplesThis article deals with the various ethnic groups inhabiting the Caucasus region. There are more than50 ethnic groups living in the region.-Peoples speaking Caucasian languages:...
, humans from the Caucasus region - Languages of the CaucasusLanguages of the CaucasusThe languages of the Caucasus are a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
, languages spoken in the Caucasus region
- Peoples of the Caucasus or Caucasian peoples
- Caucasian raceCaucasian raceThe term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
, a racial classification of human beings- A term sometimes used to describe white peopleWhite peopleWhite people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
- Specifically in US English, denoting White AmericanWhite AmericanWhite Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
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- A term sometimes used to describe white people
- Certain types of animals:
- Brown Caucasian (cattle)Brown Caucasian (cattle)The Brown Caucasian is a cattle breed from the Caucasus . Found in the Caucasus region the breed is the result of crossing Brown Swiss and Kostroma cattle onto the local cattle to produce a variable breed depending on the local stock, with strains for dairy and dairy-beef production....
, a cattle breed - North Caucasian (pig)North Caucasian (pig)The North Caucasian is a general purpose pig breed from Russia and Uzbekistan....
, a pig breed - Caucasian SnowcockCaucasian SnowcockThe Caucasian Snowcock, Tetraogallus caucasicus , is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds....
, a type of bird - Caucasian Shepherd Dog, a dog breed
- Brown Caucasian (cattle)
- The Caucasian Chalk CircleThe Caucasian Chalk CircleThe Caucasian Chalk Circle is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than its natural parents....
, a play by Bertolt Brecht - Caucasian, a nickname for a White Russian (cocktail)White Russian (cocktail)A White Russian is a sweet cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueurs , and cream served with ice in an Old Fashioned glass...
- Caucasian Review of International AffairsCaucasian Review of International AffairsCaucasian Review of International Affairs is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the countries of the Caucasus and issues of contemporary international relations...
, online scholarly journal
See also
- Caucasophobia, racism in Russia toward native Caucasus inhabitants
- Caucasia (disambiguation)Caucasia (disambiguation)Caucasia may refer to:*Caucasus, geographic region of Eurasia*Caucasia, Antioquia, a municipality in Colombia*Caucasia , a 1998 book by Danzy Senna*Caucasia , a 2007 Azerbaijani film directed by Farid Gumbatov-See also:...
- Caucasus (disambiguation)Caucasus (disambiguation)Caucasus may refer to:*Caucasus or Caucasia, a geographic region in Eurasia, divided into:**North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus or Ciscaucasia**South Caucasus, also Transcaucasus or Transcaucasia...
- Kavkazsky (disambiguation)
- Afro Abkhazian (AbkhazianAbkhaz peopleThe Abkhaz or Abkhazians are a Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. A large Abkhazian diaspora population resides in Turkey, the origins of which lie in the emigration from the Caucasus in the late 19th century known as Muhajirism...
s are a native Caucasian ethnic group)