Ossetia

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈsÉ›tɪə/, /əˈsiːʃə/, /É’-/

Origin

Borrowing from ru Осетия, from Georgian ოსეთი, from ოსი ("Ossetian (person)").

Full definition of Ossetia

Proper noun

1. 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

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

Anagrams

• sosatie