Caucasian Albania

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Caucasian Albania

Where it comes from

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 former kingdom in West Asia, south of the Caucasus mountains, east of Armenia and west of the Caspian Sea.
Similar: Aghvank, Arran

Translations

Every language

name ancient region and kingdom south of Caucasus mountains — see also Arran

Español	Albania caucásica
Português	Albânia do Cáucaso
Français	Albanie du Caucase
Italiano	Albania caucasica
Română	Albania Caucaziană
Русский	Кавказская Алба́ния Kavkazskaja Albánija

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"Caucasian Albania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caucasian%20albania. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

Caucasian Albania. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caucasian%20albania

Chicago

"Caucasian Albania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caucasian%20albania.

BibTeX

@misc{caucasian_albania_2026,
  title = {Caucasian Albania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caucasian%20albania},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}