Ossetia

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Ossetia

/əˈsɛt.i.ə/ US
/ɑˈsɛt.i.ə/ US
/ɑˈsi.ʃə/ US
/əˈsɛtɪə/ UK
/ɒˈsɛtɪə/ UK
/ɒˈsi(ː)ʃə/ UK

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

proper noun

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.

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name region in the Caucasus

Español	Osetia
한국어	오세티야 Osetiya
日本語	オセチア Osechia
中文	奧塞梯 /奥塞梯 Àosètī
Português	Ossétia
Français	Ossétie
Deutsch	Ossetien
Italiano	Ossezia
Ελληνικά	Οσσετία Ossetía
Русский	Осе́тия Osétija
العربية	أُوسِيتْيَا ʔusītyā

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@misc{ossetia_2026,
  title = {Ossetia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ossetia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}