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- proper noun historical The medieval kingdom of
Alans (proto-Ossetians ) that flourished in NorthernCaucasus , roughly in the location of latter-dayCircassia and modernNorth Ossetia-Alania , from the 8th or 9th century until 1238-39. Its capital was Maghas, and it controlled a vital trade route through the Darial Pass. - proper noun colloquial
North Ossetia-Alania , federal subject ofRussia .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On her fifteenth birthday, Alania Beruthi sat alone in the cavernous main dining room of Quarters Beruthi and awaited the arrival of her Guardian.
My review of the Regina Symphony Orchestra's concert with Trio Frontenac... ewillett 2009
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Alania did not sit at its head: that place was reserved for the room's owner, Ipsil Beruthi, a Second Lieutenant of the City and thus entitled to this grand dwelling-place on the Twelfth Tier, just two below the Captain's Quarters on the Fourteenth.
My review of the Regina Symphony Orchestra's concert with Trio Frontenac... ewillett 2009
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But they've got nothing on Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz, who crawled all the way to the final of the Russian Cup without even scoring a goal.
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For more details, here's Graham Hales:"Alania Vladikavkaz qualified for Europe last season through the Russian Cup despite not winning a single game or even scoring a goal," writes Graham.
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On the morning after Alania Beruthi's fifteenth birthday -- although he didn't yet have the slightest notion that she existed -- Danlyk woke early, though how he knew it was early, he couldn't have said.
My preview of Globe Theatre's production of Mesa... ewillett 2009
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Alania slept poorly the night after Krenz's unexpected appearance.
My preview of Globe Theatre's production of Mesa... ewillett 2009
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"According to your esteemed colleague Jonathan Wilson, Alania will play CSKA in the Russian cup final on 26 May, despite having failed to score so far in the competition three x 0-0 + pens, one walkover," writes Nath Jones.
Do Tottenham and Fulham have to play in the Europa League? | The Knowledge 2011
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It included most of the territory of the former Terek Oblast and Dagestan Oblast of the Russian Empire, which now form the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan and part of Stavropol Krai of the Russian Federation.
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus « Skid Roche 2008
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It included most of the territory of the former Terek Oblast and Dagestan Oblast of the Russian Empire, which now form the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan and part of Stavropol Krai of the Russian Federation.
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It's been traditionally allied with Russia and wishes to reunite with Northern Ossetes in the North Ossetia-Alania Russian republic.
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