Ossetia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ɒˈsi(ː)ʃə/ (UK)
- /ɒˈsɛtɪə/ (UK)
- /ɑˈsɛt.i.ə/ (General-American)
- /əˈsɛtɪə/ (UK)
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- /əˈsɛt.i.ə/ (General-American)
- /ɑˈsi.ʃə/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”).
Meanings
- 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.
Deriveds
North Ossetia-Alania · Ossetian · South Ossetia
Translations (43)
fi Ossetia (region in the Caucasus) · tr Osetya (region in the Caucasus) · fa اوستیا (region in the Caucasus) · ar أُوسِيتْيَا (region in the Caucasus) · hy Օսիա (region in the Caucasus) · el Οσσετία (region in the Caucasus) · sh Осетија (region in the Caucasus) · az Osetiya (region in the Caucasus) · sva სა̈უ̂ (region in the Caucasus) · cs Osetie (region in the Caucasus) · ko 오세티야 (region in the Caucasus) · pl Osetia (region in the Caucasus) · mk Осетија (region in the Caucasus) · bg Осе́тия (region in the Caucasus) · inh Хӏирийче (region in the Caucasus) · xmf ოსეთი (region in the Caucasus) · de Ossetien (region in the Caucasus) · sh Osetija (region in the Caucasus) · uk Осе́тія (region in the Caucasus) · fr Ossétie (region in the Caucasus) · krc Тегей (region in the Caucasus) · ru Осе́тия (region in the Caucasus) · hu Oszétia (region in the Caucasus) · ja オセチア (region in the Caucasus) · av Гьиристан (region in the Caucasus) · ka ოვსეთი (region in the Caucasus) · pt Ossétia (region in the Caucasus) · ce Хӏирийчоь (region in the Caucasus) · da Ossetien (region in the Caucasus) · cmn 奧塞梯 /奥塞梯 (region in the Caucasus) · sv Ossetien (region in the Caucasus) · be Асе́ція (region in the Caucasus) · ka ოსეთი (region in the Caucasus) · sk Osetsko (region in the Caucasus) · ga an Oiséit (region in the Caucasus) · ab Уаԥстәыла (region in the Caucasus) · hy Օսեթիա (region in the Caucasus) · it Ossezia (region in the Caucasus) · nl Ossetië (region in the Caucasus) · kbd ӏэсетиэ (region in the Caucasus) · os Ирыстон (region in the Caucasus) · ca Ossètia (region in the Caucasus) · es Osetia (region in the Caucasus)