Caucasian
From the mountains
Caucasian has two distinct uses.
In anthropology, it was a now-outdated racial classification for peoples of European, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent—named for the Caucasus Mountains, once theorized as the origin of the "white race." In contemporary American English, Caucasian typically just means white: The suspect was described as Caucasian, mid-thirties.
The term sounds clinical or official, appearing in police reports, medical forms, and demographic surveys more than casual speech.
Absence of pigment
- EuropeanFrom that continent
- raceCompetition of speed
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
demographics · Indo-European · ethnic · population · diversity · multicultural · genetics · Slavic
Name shared by country and state
- ArmeniaCaucasian republic, capital Yerevan
- AzerbaijanSouth Caucasus country
- CaspianEurasian inland sea
- Black SeaLandlocked sea near Caucasus
Of four kings' era
- ArmenianOf a Caucasus nation
- AzerbaijaniRelating to Caspian nation
- ChechenPerson from Grozny's republic
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
white
Absence of pigment
heritage · demographics · Indo-European · ethnic · population · diversity · multicultural · genetics · Slavic · Mediterranean
Georgia
Name shared by country and state
- ArmeniaCaucasian republic, capital Yerevan
- AzerbaijanSouth Caucasus country
- CaspianEurasian inland sea
Georgian
Of four kings' era
- ArmenianOf a Caucasus nation
- AzerbaijaniRelating to Caspian nation
- ChechenPerson from Grozny's republic
alphabet · indigenous languages · language family · multilingual
alpine
Of high elevations
gorges · glaciers · passes · highlands · terrain · valleys · watershed · continental divide · summits · slopes
- American EthnicityIrish American, Italian American, German American, Mexican American, Polish American
- heritagecultural traditions, museum, national heritage, archive, monument
- racerace, racial identity, racial classification, ethnicity, biracial
- EthnicitiesAsian, African, European, Arab, Chinese
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
CaucasianBlack
African descent identifier
non-white · African American · Asian · African · person of color
- Caucasian AlbaniaAncient eastern Transcaucasian polity