外高加索

Traditional form:

外高加索

Pinyin (reading):

Wài Gāojiāsuǒ

Definitions:

• Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus

Characters:

• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 索 - cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire

Traditional characters:

• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 索 - cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire