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ossetia

/əˈsɛt.i.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
os-se-tia
IPA
/əˈsɛt.i.ə/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Осе́тия

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈsɛt.i.ə/
  • British English: /əˈsɛtɪə/

Derived Forms

Ossetian

Phrases

North Ossetia-Alania South Ossetia

Questions

How do you pronounce ossetia?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɛt.i.ə/.
What does ossetia mean?
An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.
Where does ossetia come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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