Transcaucasia
Pronunciation: /ˌtranzkɔːˈkeɪʒə, ˌtrɑːnz-, -ˈkeɪzɪə/
Definition of Transcaucasia
- a region lying to the south of the Caucasus mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian, and comprising the present-day republics of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. It was created a republic of the Soviet Union in 1922 as the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, but was broken up into its constituent republics in 1936.
