An ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. Northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia
A disputed region in the South Caucasus. Formally recognized as a part of Georgia by most countries, but de facto an independent country fully named Republic of South Ossetia, with capital city Tskhinvali
A region of northern Georgia in the central Caucasus bordering on Russia. Annexed by Russia in the early 19th century, South Ossetia became a part of Georgia in 1922. Following Georgian independence from the USSR in 1991, the region was the scene of conflict between Ossetian separatists and Georgian government forces
ossetia
الواصلة
Os·se·tia
التركية النطق
äsişyı
النطق
/ˌäˈsēsʜyə/ /ˌɑːˈsiːʃjə/
علم أصول الكلمات
() From Russian Осетия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oset’i).