Transcaucasia

[ trans-kaw-key-zhuh, -shuh ]

noun

1. a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 TranscaucasianSocialistFederatedSovietRepublic; area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Transcaucasia

/ ˌtrænskɔːˈkeɪzjə /

noun

1. a region in central Asia, south of the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan: a constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1918 until 1936

Other Words From

• Trans·cau·ca·sian [trans-kaw-, key, -zh, uh, n, -sh, uh, n, -, kazh, -, uh, n, -, kash, -], adjective noun

Example Sentences

Five years after the overthrow of Russia’s czarist government, four of the socialist republics that had formed in the aftermath signed a treaty on Dec. 30, 1922 to create the USSR: Ukraine; Byelorussia; Transcaucasia, which spread over Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan; and Russia, including the old empire’s holdings in Central Asia.

From Seattle Times

Five years after the overthrow of Russia’s czarist government, four of the socialist republics that had formed in the aftermath signed a treaty on Dec. 30, 1922 to create the USSR: Ukraine; Byelorussia; Transcaucasia, which spread over Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan; and Russia, including the old empire’s holdings in Central Asia.

From Washington Times

Since the demise of the Soviet Union, it says, “some countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Transcaucasia have become forward positions for the West to contain and meddle in Russia.”

From New York Times

Also, the pre-Soviet Azerbaijan was a local ally of the Ottomans when they invaded Transcaucasia in the last leg of World War I. For Turkey, which, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is trying to expand its geopolitical reach to the former Ottoman regions, the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is an opportunity to enter the South Caucasus.

From Washington Times

In Zurich, Karl Marx invited him to become the representative of the left-wing International Workingmen’s Association in Transcaucasia.

From Slate