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Vladikavkaz

American  
[vlad-i-kahf-kahz, vluh-dyi-kuhf-kahs] / ˌvlæd ɪ kɑfˈkɑz, vlə djɪ kʌfˈkɑs /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of North Ossetia, in southern Russia.


Vladikavkaz British  
/ vlədikafˈkas /

noun

  1. Former names: Dzaudzhikau.   Ordzhonikidze.  a city in S Russia, capital of the North Ossetian Republic on the N slopes of the Caucasus. Pop: 318 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At a military cemetery in Vladikavkaz, capital of the Russian republic of North Ossetia on Tuesday a cemetery assistant and florist, Olga Gryaznova, said:

From Reuters Aug. 23, 2022

“The only people who know what’s really happening there are the guys who are fighting there,” she said in a phone interview from the city of Vladikavkaz.

From Seattle Times Apr. 6, 2022

That day Alexey Soldatov, head of the Kurchatov office, was far out of town, in Vladikavkaz in the North Caucasus.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2016

Gazzaev wanted to sign me 12 years ago when he was the coach of the Russian club Alania Vladikavkaz.

From The Guardian Apr. 20, 2010

Railways.—The principal approach to Caucasia from Russia by rail is the line that runs from Rostov-on-Don to Vladikavkaz at the foot of the central Caucasus range.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

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