Caucasian

kɔːˈkeɪ.ʒən

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#1·4h ago

Of or relating to the Caucasus region or its culture, languages, and people.

Origin: [[File:Russian settlers, possibly Molokans, in the Mugan steppe of Azerbaijan. Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii.jpg|thumb|A Caucasian (adjective sense 1) family – in this case Russian settlers, possibly Molokans – in the Mugan plain of Azerbaijan, photographed by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky .]] From . The anthropological sense (no longer regarded as scientific) was popularized by the German anthropologist and physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), based on the belief that the first humans originated from there. Noun sense 2 (“cocktail”) was popularized by the film The B. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(anthropology, dated) Of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.

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#3·4h ago

(Canada, US, Australia, Singapore) Of a person: having a white complexion and European ancestry; white.

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