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Os⋅se⋅tia
[o-see-shuh; Russ. uh-sye-tyi-yuh] 
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–noun
| a region in Caucasia: divided between the North Ossetian Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic. |
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| Os·se·tia (ō-sē'shə) A region of the central Caucasus. The area was annexed by Russia between 1801 and 1806 and is now split into North Ossetia, an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, and South Ossetia, a region of Georgia. Os·se'tian adj. & n. |
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Ossetia
respublika (republic) in southwestern Russia, on the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus range. It is bordered on the south by Georgia and on the north by the Sunzha and Terek ranges. The capital and largest city is Vladikavkaz.
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