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Transcaspia

Transcaspia proper noun: the name used from the second half of the 19th century until 1924 for the section of Russian Empire to the east of the Caspian Sea.

Proper noun

Transcaspia

  1. (historical) The name used from the second half of the 19th century until 1924 for the section of Russian Empire to the east of the Caspian Sea.
    • [I]f we consider the extraordinary facility of communication produced, partly by the railway laid down in Transcaspia, partly by the opening of the road between Bokhara, Merv, and Sarakhs, we may well anticipate the unusual development which the Russian trade[.]1885, Armin Vambery, The Coming Struggle for India, London: Cassell, page 123

Synonyms of Transcaspia

Origin of Transcaspia

From Russian Закаспи́йская о́бласть (Zakaspíjskaja óblastʹ, “Transcaspian oblast”) as trans- + Caspia, from the fact that in the early 20th century the easiest way to reach it from central Russia or Transcaucasia was across the Caspian Sea, by boat.

Words formed from Transcaspia

Questions about Transcaspia

What does Transcaspia mean?
Transcaspia means the name used from the second half of the 19th century until 1924 for the section of Russian Empire to the east of the Caspian Sea.
What part of speech is Transcaspia?
Transcaspia is a proper noun.

Words near Transcaspia in the dictionary

  1. Transcarpathia
  2. Transcarpathian
  3. Transcarpatia
  4. transcaruncular
  5. transcaruncularly
  6. Transcaspia
  7. Transcaspian
  8. Transcaspian Oblast
  9. Transcaspians
  10. transcategorial
  11. transcategorical

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