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Ossetian

American  
[o-see-shuhn] / ɒˈsi ʃən /
Or Osetian

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.

Etymology

Origin of Ossetian

1805–15; Osset(ia) or Osset + -ian

Example Sentences

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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.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2021

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.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2021

In 2008, he conducted Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony No 7 in the ruined South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2016

Although Moscow's stated aim was to protect Russian speakers, most residents are native speakers of Ossetian and Abkhaz respectively.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2014

Thus, sister, which in Sanskrit is svasar,30 appears in Pehlvi and in Ossetian as cho.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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