Caucasianの意味・使い方・発音

Caucasian

英美 [kɔˈkeʒən]

Caucasian (adj.): 1807, from Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas; applied to the "white" race 1795 (in German) by German anthropologist Johann Blumenbach, because its supposed ancestral homeland lay there; since abandoned as a historical/anthropological term. (See Aryan).
Caucasian (n.): "resident or native of the Caucasus," 1843; see Caucasus + -ian. Meaning "one of the 'white' race" is from 1958 (earlier Caucasoid, 1956).

1. Ann Hamilton was a Caucasian from New England.: アン?ハミルトンはニューイングランド出身の白人である。

2.In Caucasian populations，about 1 in every 87 deliveries is a twin birth.: 白人層では、約87人の出産に1組の双子の赤ちゃんがいる。

3.One blast should be enough to make Caucasian food edible.: これだけで、白人の食品が食べられるようになるのに十分です。

5.O-Ren Ishii：Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.: 愚かなコーカサスの女の子はサムライナイフが好きだ。