English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Adjective
wikipediaAlt|Caucasian race
en-adj

1. context|anthropology|archaic of a human racial classification; including people who originate from Europe and a portion of people who originate from Northern Africa, Western Asia and parts of Central Asia and South Asia having usually straight or wavy hair similar phenotypical features and very light to yellowish pigmented skin.
2. of, or relating to the Caucasus region or its people, languages and culture.

Translations
trans-top|pertaining to the anthropological race
Lakota: wasicu
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Spanish: caucásico
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trans-top|pertaining to the Caucasus region or people
Bulgarian: кавказки (kavkázki)
French: caucasien
German: kaukasisch
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Portuguese: caucasiano
Russian: кавказ�кий (kavkázskij)
Spanish: caucáseo, caucasiano
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Proper noun
Caucasian

1. context|anthropology|archaic a member of the Caucasian racial classification.
2. a native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
3. linguistics a group of languages spoken in the Caucasus area.
4. (bartending) a humourous name for the White Russian, a cocktail consisting of coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk. Apparently originated with the 1998 film w:The Big Lebowski|The Big Lebowski.

Translations
trans-top|Caucasian race
Apache:
:Chiricahua: dáadat��ijénde, indaa, indaa�iga�de, indaa�igaénde
:Jicarilla: Ma̠gáanii
:Mescalero: indaa�
:Western Apache|Western: indaa, innaa
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Lakota: wasicu
Navajo: bilagáana
Ojibwe: �����, zhaaganaash
Spanish: caucásico
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trans-top|native of the Caucasus region
French: Caucasien
German: Kaukasier
Hebrew: ק��ק�� (qavqazi) m, ק��ק��ת (qavqazit) f
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Russian: кавказе� (kavkázets)
Spanish: caucáseo
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Category:English proper nouns

fr:Caucasian
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ru:Caucasian
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