Ossetia

Ossetia
noun /əˈsɛtɪə,əˈsiːʃə,ɒ-/
An ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. Northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.

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