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Mandarin · pinyin Gāo jiā suǒ

Caucasus
Caucasian

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高: gāo · high, tall; lofty, elevated; Kangxi radical 189
加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
索: suǒ · large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated

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1–1–3 · Gao1 jia1 suo3

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Caucasus (a mountain range in Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which includes the ranges of Greater Caucasus and Lesser Caucasus)

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