Nogai
Americannoun
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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
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 Henry Yule
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
Nogai Khan, his intrigues and wars; his history; wars with Toctai.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
But long before his death, in the time of Catherine II., these Nogai hordes were completely subjected to the laws of the empire, and were under the management of Russian officials.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
A cloud of white steam surrounded the prince; for just the moment before two Nogais had attacked him.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Petrop. tome II., that these bizarre excesses are still devoutly believed in among the Persians and the Nogais as a sovereign remedy for lumbago and sciatic gout.
From The Magic Skin by Ellen Marriage
Tugai Bey rushed like a destroying flame, and the Nogais went with him, as wolves with their female.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
And so these Nogais take employment as interpreters.
From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Jules Verne
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