Caucasian

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Caucasian is another word for a person with pale or white skin. These people originally came from Europe.

Caucasian was originally a geographical term, referring to the Caucasus region (Caucasia) of central Eurasia. It has in time acquired other specific meanings:

1. In common usage and political contexts, it usually refers to the so-called Caucasian race; which, in North America, Australia, and New Zealand is often equated with the "whites" racial/ethnic group.
2. On various forms Caucasian usually means a specific combination of external physical attributes, especially light skin.
3. In physical anthropology, it may mean the Caucasoid physical type, characterized by a specific set of skeletal features.
4. In linguistics, it may refer to any of the languages of the Caucasus.
5. It refers to peoples from Caucasus.