Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAS'PI-AN
CAS'PI-AN, a. [CaspiƦ, a word applied to a pass in the range of Mount Taurus. Plin. 5, 27. D'Anville.]
An epithet given to a large lake between Persia and Astracan, called the Caspian Sea.
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