Nogai
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Nogais,
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Nogai
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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
See Iungs Nogai, the, 303 Nong, the, 197 sq.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Text which contains the war of Toctai and Nogai at the end of the Book.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
Nogai Khan, his intrigues and wars; his history; wars with Toctai.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
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 Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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 Xavier Hommaire de Hell
The Nogais now occupy the whole region between the Sea of Azof and the Moloshnia Vodi.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
With them are two or three Nogais going to Eastern Turkestan.
From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Jules Verne
The Nogais had for their emigrations, like the Kalmucks, circular tents of felt, three or four yards in diameter, and conical at top.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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