Nogai
Americannoun
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a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
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the Turkic language of the Nogai people.
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Some reports have suggested a connection with the Nogai Brigade, an insurgent group in the Stavropol region of southern Russia.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2011
War broke out in 1262, when 30,000 men from Kipchak, under the command of Nogai, passed Derbend into the province of Shirwan.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
The old system would, however, appear to have been kept up to our own times by the Nogai Tartars, near the Sea of Azof.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
Text which contains the war of Toctai and Nogai at the end of the Book.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
Their land is divided into four Roads, called the Roads of Siberia, of Kasan, of Nogai, and of Osa, a place on the Kama.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
Seeing Pan Andrei, the faithful Nogais threw up their caps with loud shouts.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The Nogais of the Kouban again divided into several tribes, some of which connected themselves with the Kalmuck hordes, others with the mountaineers of the Caucasus.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
Under Count Maison's wise and disinterested administration, all these old habits disappeared by degrees, and the Nogais began to improve their condition.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The Nogais have generally two wives, and some even three, but this is a very rare case.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The pilgrimage to Mecca, is not quite obligatory on the Nogais, who generally exempt themselves from it by means of offerings and sacrifices.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
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