高加索

Gāojiāsuǒ

noun #21,666

Meanings

1 Caucasus
2 Caucasian (relating to the Caucasus region)

Characters

transliteration: Cau-; also means 'tall, high'

transliteration: -ca-; also means 'to add'

transliteration: -sus; also means 'rope, to search'

Examples

高加索地区位于欧洲和亚洲的交界处。

Gāojiāsuǒ dìqū wèiyú Ōuzhōu hé Yàzhōu de jiāojiè chù.

The Caucasus region is located at the boundary between Europe and Asia.

乔治亚、亚美尼亚和阿塞拜疆都位于高加索。

Qiáozhìyà, Yàměiníyà hé Āsàibāijiāng dōu wèiyú Gāojiāsuǒ.

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are all located in the Caucasus.

Tips

history

高加索 transliterates 'Caucasus' — the mountain range and geopolitical region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. It is one of the world's most linguistically diverse regions, home to dozens of distinct language families. Note: in Chinese, 高加索 refers to the geographic/ethnic region, not to 'Caucasian' as a race (which is typically 白种人 or 欧美人 in Chinese).

Stroke Order

高 gāo

加 jiā

索 suǒ