English Explanatory Dictionary

Alania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A medieval kingdom of the Alans (proto-Ossetians) in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of the modern republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania in modern Russia, existing from the 9th to 13th centuries CE.
  2. North Ossetia-Alania: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.

Word forms

Alania

Etymology

See Alan.

Related words

Alan Ossetia
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