Caucasian Albania
English
Caucasian Albania in 80 BC (purple)
Etymology
From Latin Albānia, from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). Called Caucasian in order to distinguish it from the unrelated modern country in the Balkans.
Proper noun
- An ancient region and kingdom south of Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea.
Translations
ancient region and kingdom south of Caucasus mountains
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