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- Georgian · derived fromოსეთი
- Russian · borrowed fromОсе́тия
- English todayOssetia
Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ossetia
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Russian Осе́тия ← Georgian ოსეთი