caucasus

Other forms of caucasus

plural

caucasuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caucasus

What does caucasus mean?

caucasus means "the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caucasus?

caucasus has 3 syllables: cau-ca-sus. The stress falls on "cau". In IPA it is /ˈkɔkəsəs/.

What is another word for caucasus?

Close synonyms include Caucasus Mountains, Caucasia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caucasus a common word?

caucasus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.