Ossetia

[o-see-shuh; Russian uh-sye-tyi-yuh]

noun

a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.

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Contemporary Examples of ossetia

What would the implications of that commitment have been in 2008, during the Russo-Georgian war in Ossetia?
Take John McCain’s Russia Advice and You Might Get Another Cold War
Michael Tomasky
March 3, 2014
They moved their missile launchers into Ossetia [the breakaway province they fought over with Georgia].
Russia's Ticking Time Bomb
The Daily Beast
July 8, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for ossetia

Ossetia

noun

a region of central Asia, in the Caucasus: consists administratively of the North Ossetian Republic in Russia and South Ossetia (formerly an Autonomous Region) in Georgia

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