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Ossetian

or O·se·tian

[ o-see-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. Also . of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossetia, a region in Caucasia, or the Ossets, the people living there.


noun

  1. an Osset.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ossetian1

1805–15; Osset(ia) or Osset + -ian
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Example Sentences

North Ossetian authorities on Tuesday announced the creation of a temporary draft office at Verkhny Lars which would issue draft papers to reservists barred from leaving Russia under the mobilisation order.

From Reuters

He was active in the disputed Ossetian regions during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war and collaborated with separatist activists in Ukraine in 2014.

You can order Georgian khachapuri, Russian salads, Central Asian mantu, savory Ossetian pies and even Turkish pide, that canoe-shaped flatbread whose cargo here is a succulent mixture of lamb, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and more.

Her Ossetian pie, packed with cabbage, cheese and just a hint of garlic, combines a rugged Old World frugality with stuffed-crust, New World indulgence.

Through a lot of trial and error, Touraeva can cook just about anything in this oven, with its exasperating hot spots: sambusas, khachapuri, pide, Ossetian pies, berry tarts, even cakes of towering beauty.

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