Alania

See also: Alânia

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Etymology

See Alan.

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Alania

  2. (historical) 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.
  4. (colloquial) North Ossetia-Alania: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.

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