Алания

Russian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɫanʲɪjə]

Proper noun

Ала́ния • (Alánijaf inan (genitive Ала́нии, nominative plural Ала́нии, genitive plural Ала́ний, relational adjective ала́нский)

  1. (historical) Alania (a medieval kingdom of the Alans (proto-Ossetians) in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of the modern republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania in modern Russia, existing from the 9th to 13th centuries CE)
  2. Alania, North Ossetia-Alania (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains; in full, North Ossetia-Alania)

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