Ossetia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.

Pronunciation

/əˈsɛt.i.ə/ /ɑˈsɛt.i.ə/ /ɑˈsi.ʃə/ /əˈsɛtɪə/ /ɒˈsɛtɪə/ /ɒˈsi(ː)ʃə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ossetia.wav

Word forms

Ossetia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”).

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