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Caspian, a. and n.|ˈkæspɪən|
[f. L. Caspius (Gr. κάσπιος): see -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Caspian Sea, an inland sea of central Asia.
B. n.
a. The Caspian Sea.
b. Anthropol. (A member of) the easternmost branch of the Mediterranean race.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. i. i, Fled to the Caspean or the Ocean maine. 1590Spenser F.Q. II. vii. xiv. 3 Who swelling sayles in Caspian sea doth crosse. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 96 The haire of the caspian camels is so softe. Ibid. 221 Amongst the Caspians they [sc. foxes] abound. 1757J. Dyer Fleece iv, And borderers of the Caspian, who renew That ancient path to India's climes. Ibid. 174 On the right The Caspian lake. 1759A. Butler Lives Saints IV. ii. 982 The coming of the numerous swarm of the Turci from the coasts of the Caspian sea. 1785Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 526 Caspian Tern..Terna Caspia, inhabits the Caspian Sea. 1788[see Albanian a.3 and n.3]. 1854J. H. Newman Hist. Turks i. 9 This is the country, forming the two basins of the Aral and the Caspian. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 179/1 The temperature of the Caspian area is remarkable for its wide range, both geographical and seasonal. 1923R. B. Dixon Racial Hist. Man 21 Names have been given to the eight fundamental types as follows..Caspian. Ibid. v. i. 409 It is impossible to say whether the dolichocephalic element in the Micmac is the Caspian, which would ally them with the Eskimo, or the Mediterranean. 1954R. Peterson et al. Birds Brit. & Eur. 153 Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia... Almost as big as Herring Gull. |