Nov 6, 2004 10:30
19 yrs ago
English term
Transcaucasus or Transcaucasia?
English
Other
Geography
any difference or preferred variant?
Responses
| 4 +3 | Either may be used |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 +8 | >>>> |
Maya Gorgoshidze
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| 4 +1 | Transcaucasus or South Caucasus |
Annika Neudecker
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Responses
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6 mins
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Either may be used
if you look into google, the first has some 22,000 and the second 37,000 hits. So for me, it would be a matter of what sounded better in the text....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "and that's what I used (?)"
+8
1 hr
Maya Gorgoshidze
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I agree with David, but I would prefer Transcaucasus, because "Caucasus" is more correct than "Caucasia". You can say "Caucasian", but geographic name of the place is "Caucasus".
Peer comment(s):
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tappi_k
23 mins
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Thank you :)
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Larissa Dinsley
1 hr
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Thank you :)
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Mario Marcolin
3 hrs
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Thank you, Mario :)
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humbird
9 hrs
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Thank you, Susan :)
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Java Cafe
1 day 5 hrs
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Thank you :)
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sonja29 (X)
3 days 49 mins
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Thank you, Sonja :)
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Lela Pavliashvili
: As for me, the person who lives in Caucasus, "Transcaucasus" and "Caucasus" sound far more correctly
3 days 1 hr
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Thank you, Lela :)
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Levan Namoradze
3 days 2 hrs
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Thank you, Levan :)
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+1
4 hrs
Transcaucasus or South Caucasus
Transcaucasia seems to be a political term. Transcaucasus/South Caucasus seems to be the geographical term.
References:
1. The southern section of the Caucasus is known as the Transcaucasus.
(thefreedictionary.com)
2. The region south to the Great Caucasus Mountain Range comprising the States of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan should be called "South Caucasus", instead of "Transcaucasia", "Transcaucasus" currently in use in Western languages.
Interesting article at: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:HCSrcoyO0eUJ:www.parlia...
3. Definition of Caucasus: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:IFtkj1P1eXwJ:www.wordiq...
References:
1. The southern section of the Caucasus is known as the Transcaucasus.
(thefreedictionary.com)
2. The region south to the Great Caucasus Mountain Range comprising the States of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan should be called "South Caucasus", instead of "Transcaucasia", "Transcaucasus" currently in use in Western languages.
Interesting article at: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:HCSrcoyO0eUJ:www.parlia...
3. Definition of Caucasus: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:IFtkj1P1eXwJ:www.wordiq...
Peer comment(s):
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DGK T-I
: Agree 'S.Caucasia'/'the S.Caucasus' (the two English names I prefer)There is overwhelming evidence to show that Transcaucasia/theTranscaucasus both used geographically by respectable English writers-"appropriateness"objections are against both"trans"names
1 day 12 hrs
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| agree |
Maya Gorgoshidze
: You are absolutely right: "Transcaucasia seems to be a political term. Transcaucasus/South Caucasus seems to be the geographical term". I didn't want to discuss political problems here, because there isn't right place for it :))))
3 days 15 hrs
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