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
He also brought with him imperial orders for Han Tatar Nogai to collect some troops with which to come to his aid.
From Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian by Various
When the Nogai has two or more wives he constructs his house in such a manner that each of them may have her separate room.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
The Nogai constructs his own cottage with bricks dried in the sun, and whitewashes it regularly once a year within and without.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
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