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
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
But presently we find that it is the sons of Totamangu who claim vengeance from Toctai against Nogai for having aided Tolobuga to slay their father.
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
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
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