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caucasian

The correct spelling is caucasian.

How to pronounce caucasian

noun

Say it like: Cau-cas-ian

The correct spelling is caucasian. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
  2. 2.A member of the Caucasian racial classification described above.
  3. 3.A white person.
  4. 4.A group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
  5. 5.(bartending) The White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Made popular by the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

adjective

  1. 1.Of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.
  2. 2.Of a racial classification; pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, wavy or curly hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Western, Central and South Asia.
  3. 3.(of a person) White, being a white person.

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