Tskhinvali

American  

[skin-vuh-lee, tskin-, tskhyeen-vuh-lyi] / ˈskɪn və li, ˈtskɪn-, ˈtsxyin və lyɪ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the South Ossetian Autonomous Region, NW of Tbilisi.

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Tskhinvali British  

/ ˈtskɪnˌvɑːlɪ /

noun

1. the Georgian name for South Ossetia

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Example Sentences

In Georgia, shepherds who've strayed too close to the border have been imprisoned in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, their families left with no idea of when their husband, father, brother, or son might return home.

From Salon

The road that once connected Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, to Tskhinvali is blocked by barricades and machine-gun nests.

From Washington Post

“Ossetia United — with Russia and with Putin,” say letters scrawled in white paint on the road north from Tskhinvali.

From Washington Post

Just as a Post reporter was asking South Ossetia’s Bibilov about Surkov during an interview in the president’s office in Tskhinvali, a beige telephone rang.

From Washington Post

The financial threads between the Kremlin and Ukraine’s separatists pass through a sleek office building on Stalin Street in Tskhinvali, the main city of South Ossetia.

From Washington Post