Ossetia is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ossetia meaning
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.
Using Ossetia
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- In the example corpus, ossetia often appears in combinations such as: south ossetia, ossetia new, ossetia and.
Context around Ossetia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 14 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ossetia
- In this selection, "ossetia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, north, 1806, reported, regions and shake stand out and add context to how "ossetia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of south ossetia and abkhazia and and north ossetia reported drone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ossetia" sits close to words such as abdollahian, abergavenny and abounded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ossetia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By 1806, Ossetia was under complete Russian control. (8 words)
Georgia's experience with frozen conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia offers lessons for Ukraine. (15 words)
Culture There are six professional theaters in North Ossetia-Alania, as well as Ossetian State Philarmonia. (16 words)
Among the most recent natural disasters were massive rock- and mudslides in Ajaria in 1989 that displaced thousands in southwestern Georgia, and two earthquakes in 1991 that destroyed several villages in northcentral Georgia and South Ossetia. (36 words)
The Nauru government claims this aid is not related to its recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia. citation A significant portion of Nauru's income has been in the form of aid from Australia. (33 words)
Moscow restricts the distance that observation flights can fly over the exclave of Kaliningrad and bars flights along the Russian border with the Georgian-breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
In August 2008, Russia – then under the leadership of Dmitry Medvedev – invaded Georgia and occupied the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Authorities in two Russian regions adjacent to Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia, reported drone strikes on Wednesday morning.
Moscow restricts the distance that observation flights can fly over the exclave of Kaliningrad and bars flights along the Russian border with the Georgian-breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Others, with varying levels of tension and violence, include Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions and Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Anatoly Bibilov, the leader of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, shake hands prior to their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on August 24, 2018.
The treaty limits flights near borders with non-state parties and the Russians argue that South Ossetia and Abkhazia are independent nations, a position few other countries recognize.
For the entire period the area now known as South Ossetia was not an administrative district in any form.
Georgia's experience with frozen conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia offers lessons for Ukraine.
Moscow’s occupation of two Georgian provinces – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia was among the discussed topics.
Mourners gather inside the Beslan school gymnasium at the school in North Ossetia on Sept 1, 2009.
Russian forces have been stationed in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia/Tskhinvali Region without the consent of Georgia since the August 2008 conflict.
Syrian has reached agreements with Abkhazia and South Ossetia on mutual recognition and establishment of diplomatic relations.
The only demanded condition for the recovery of diplomatic relations from the Georgian side is for Russia to withdraw the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states.
Among the most recent natural disasters were massive rock- and mudslides in Ajaria in 1989 that displaced thousands in southwestern Georgia, and two earthquakes in 1991 that destroyed several villages in northcentral Georgia and South Ossetia.
Around 23,000 Georgians citation fled South Ossetia as well, and many Ossetian families were forced to abandon their homes in the Borjomi region and moved to Russia.
By 1806, Ossetia was under complete Russian control.
Culture There are six professional theaters in North Ossetia-Alania, as well as Ossetian State Philarmonia.
Has recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence Georgia has not yet established diplomatic relations with: *Barbados, Belize, Venezuela.
Success in Ajaria encouraged Saakashvili to intensify his efforts, but without success, in breakaway South Ossetia.
The Nauru government claims this aid is not related to its recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia. citation A significant portion of Nauru's income has been in the form of aid from Australia.
Common combinations with ossetia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- south ossetia 28×
- ossetia new 6×
- ossetia and 4×
- ossetia was 3×
- north ossetia 2×
- ossetia on 2×
- ossetia as 2×