Vladikavkaz

American  

[vlad-i-kahf-kahz, vluh-dyi-kuhf-kahs] / ˌvlæd ɪ kɑfˈkɑz, vlə dyɪ 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)

---

Example Sentences

However, at the time the cities of Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were "being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defence systems repelled these attacks", Putin said.

From BBC

At the time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian drones and Russian air defense systems had repelled those attacks, Putin said according to the Kremlin's statement.

From BBC

According to local officials, a drone was shot down by air defence above a shopping mall in Vladikavkaz, in nearby North Ossetia, that morning.

From BBC

"Ukrainian combat drones were launching terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the cities of Grozny and Vladikavkaz," said Dmitry Yadrov, head of Rosaviatsia, in a video statement posted on Russia's Tass news agency.

From BBC

Dvornikov’s dismissal may been linked to the destruction of the 58th Combined Arms Army, normally stationed in the southern Vladikavkaz, which was lauded as one the most combat-ready Russian armies and key to the invasion of Georgia in 2008, BBC’s Russian service reported.

From Washington Post