Caucasian

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Caucasian may refer to:

People

• Anything from the Caucasus region
  • Peoples of the Caucasus, humans from the Caucasus region
  • Languages of the Caucasus, languages spoken in the Caucasus region
• Caucasian race (also, "Caucasoid"), a racial classification of human beings used in racial typology
• Dené–Caucasian languages

• Despite not meaning White, Caucasian is often used to refer to:
  • White people in general
  • White American, specifically in American English
  • Non-Hispanic Whites, sometimes in American English

Other

• Certain types of animals:
  • Brown Caucasian (cattle), a cattle breed
  • Caucasian honey bee, a sub-species of the Western honey bee
  • North Caucasian (pig), a pig breed
  • Caucasian Snowcock, a type of bird
  • Caucasian Shepherd Dog, a dog breed

• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a play by Bertolt Brecht
• Caucasian, a nickname for a White Russian (cocktail)
• Caucasian Review of International Affairs, online scholarly journal
• Caucasian cuisine

See also

• Caucasophobia, racism in Russia toward native Caucasus inhabitants
• Caucasia (disambiguation)
• Caucasus (disambiguation)
• Kavkazsky (disambiguation)