Transcaspiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Russian Закаспи́йская о́бласть (Zakaspíjskaja óblastʹ, “Transcaspian oblast”) as trans- +‎ Caspia, from the fact that in the early 20th century the easiest way to reach it from central Russia or Transcaucasia was across the Caspian Sea, by boat.

固有名詞

Transcaspia

1. (historical) The name used from the second half of the 19th century until 1924 for the section of Russian Empire to the east of the Caspian Sea.
   • 1885, Armin Vambery, The Coming Struggle for India, London: Cassell, page 123:

     [I]f we consider the extraordinary facility of communication produced, partly by the railway laid down in Transcaspia, partly by the opening of the road between Bokhara, Merv, and Sarakhs, we may well anticipate the unusual development which the Russian trade[.]

同意語

• Transcaspian Oblast