Ossetia

See also: Ossétia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈsɛtiə/, /ɒ-/
(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈsɛtɪə/, /ɒ-/

Proper noun

Ossetia

An ethnolinguistic region 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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

region in the Caucasus

Abkhaz: Уаԥстәыла (Uāpsṭ°əlā)
Arabic: أُوسِيتْيَا‎ f (ʾusītyā)
Armenian: Օսիա (Ōsia), Օսեթիա (Ōsetʿia)
Avar: Гьиристан (Hiristan)
Azerbaijani: Osetiya
Belarusian: Асе́ція f (Asjécija)
Catalan: Ossètia f
Chechen: Хӏирийчоь (Hirīčö)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧塞梯 (zh), 奥塞梯 (zh) (Àosètī)
Czech: Osetie f
Danish: Ossetien
Dutch: Ossetië (nl)
Finnish: Ossetia
French: Ossétie (fr)
Georgian: ოსეთი (oseti)
German: Ossetien n
Ingush: Хӏирийче (Hirīče)

Irish: an Oiséit f
Italian: Ossezia f
Japanese: オセチア (Osechia)
Kabardian: Ӏэсетиэ (ʾăsetiă)
Karachay-Balkar: Тегей
Korean: 오세티야 (Osetiya)
Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Ossetian: Ирыстон (Iryston)
Persian: اوستیا‎ (Osetiyâ)
Polish: Osetia (pl) f
Portuguese: Ossétia f
Russian: Осе́тия (ru) f (Osétija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Osetija f
Spanish: Osetia (es) f
Swedish: Ossetien
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Osetya

Anagrams

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