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"CAUCASIANS" is a plural of: caucasian. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Caucasians according to Blumenbach's ethnological system, represent the European or highest type of the human race, so called from Caucasus, the mountainous range. Whilst the professor was studying ethnology, he was supplied with a skull from these regions, which he considered the standard of the human type. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: CAUCASIANS |
| English words defined with "CAUCASIANS": Dravidian. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CAUCASIANS": Pigmy, Polymyalgia Rheumatica. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Most experience has been gained with Caucasians and Ashkenazi Jews, where incidence is highest. (references) | |
It most often affects Caucasians of Northern European descent, although other ethnic groups are also affected. (references) | ||
The frequency of reported cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever is highest among males, Caucasians, and children. (references) | ||
Political Economy | Fiji | The population of approximately 845,000 is a multiracial, multicultural mix, with indigenous Fijians comprising 51 percent, Indo-Fijians (descendents of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent) approximately 44 percent, and Asians, Caucasians, and other Pacific Islanders making up the rest. (references) |
Political Rights | Fiji | Of the 46 communal seats, 23 were allotted to indigenous Fijians, 19 to Indo-Fijians, 3 to "general voters" (for the most part Caucasians and East Asians), and 1 was allotted to the Rotumans (an ethnically distinct Polynesian group), roughly proportional to the different communities' representation in the population. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central Africa only. The Pigmies are so called to distinguish them from the bulkier Caucasians -- who are Hogmies. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | But Americans are all evil, white supremacist Caucasians. |
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| "CAUCASIANS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CAUCASIANS" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CAUCASIANS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 白色人種 . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | はくしょくじ"しゅ. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aucasianscay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"CAUCASIANS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caucasia, caucassian, cauccasian, cuacasian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-n-s-s-u" | |
-3 letters: acacias. | |
-4 letters: acacia, acinus, asanas, cassia, saunas, siccan. | |
-5 letters: asana, ascus, assai, cacas, cains, casas, casus, incus, nisus, sains, sasin, sauna, scans, sinus, unais, uncia. | |
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