Definitions
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- adjective
Ossetian - noun
Ossetian (language) - noun
Ossetian (one who is from Ossetia)
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- noun a northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia
Etymologies
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Examples
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These were fought to a standstill by local Ossete militia backed by Soviet Interior Ministry troops.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Georgia declared the South Ossete autonomous republic abolished.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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As the Soviet Union began to crumble in 1989, and Georgian nationalist moves for independence gathered pace, so too did Ossete nationalism and demands for separation from Georgia.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Georgia declared the South Ossete autonomous republic abolished.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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These were fought to a standstill by local Ossete militia backed by Soviet Interior Ministry troops.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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As the Soviet Union began to crumble in 1989, and Georgian nationalist moves for independence gathered pace, so too did Ossete nationalism and demands for separation from Georgia.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The Ossete national movement was encouraged by the Soviet Government in an effort to exert pressure against Georgian independence.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The Ossete national movement was encouraged by the Soviet Government in an effort to exert pressure against Georgian independence.
Obama Emerges to Talk About Georgia - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The Georgia government badly bungled efforts to hold the Ossete people within the Georgian state sparking an armed confrontation with Russia that now jeopardizes not only the status of South Ossetia but also Abkhazia.
U.S./Russia relations: Pursuing policy in a vacuum Stephen Retherford 2008
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The Georgia government badly bungled efforts to hold the Ossete people within the Georgian state sparking an armed confrontation with Russia that now jeopardizes not only the status of South Ossetia but also Abkhazia.
Archive 2008-08-01 Stephen Retherford 2008
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