Ossetia

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Etymology

From Russian Осетия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oset’i), from ოსი (osi) ‘Ossetian (person)’.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈsɛtɪə/, /əˈsiːʃə/, /ɒ-/

Proper noun

Ossetia

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

Derived terms

• North Ossetia-Alania
• Ossetian
• Ossetic
• South Ossetia

Translations

region in the Caucasus

• Arabic: أوسيتيا (ar) ('usiitya) f
• Armenian: Օսիա (hy) (Òsia), Օսեթիա (hy) (Òset’ia)
• Catalan: Ossètia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧塞梯 (cmn), 奥塞梯 (cmn) (Àosètī)

• Czech: Osetie f
• Dutch: Ossetië
• French: Ossétie (fr)
• Georgian: ოსეთი (ka) (Oset'i)
• German: Ossetien n
• Japanese: オセチア (ja) (Osechia)
• Korean: 오세티야 (ko) (Osetiya)

• Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
• Ossetian: Ирыстон (Iryston)
• Persian: اوستیا (fa) (Osetiyâ)
• Polish: Osetia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ossétia (pt) f
• Russian: Осетия (ru) (Osétija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Osetija (sh) f
• Spanish: Osetia (es) f
• Swedish: Ossetien (sv)
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Osetya (tr)

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