Kaukasos

Japanese: Kaukasos
Kaukasos

…the region in southeastern Europe, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, and centered on the Caucasus Mountains, which served as the border between Asia and Europe. Greek name Kaukasos, English name Caucasus. From the Manich Depression in the north to the border with Iran and Turkey in the south, it has an area of ​​about 440,000 km2, and is divided into two parts: the North Caucasus (also called the Anterior Caucasus) to the north of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, and the Transcaucasia (South Caucasus, Trans-Caucasus) to the south. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kaukasos" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ヨーロッパ南東部,黒海とカスピ海に挟まれ,アジアとヨーロッパの境とされたカフカス山脈を中心とする地域。ギリシア語名カウカソスKaukasos,英語名コーカサスCaucasus。北のマニチ低地から南のイラン,トルコとの国境まで,面積は約44万km2,大カフカス山脈の北の北カフカス(前方カフカスとも呼ぶ)と南側のザカフカス(南カフカス,外カフカス)に二分される。…

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