# Ossetia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈsɛt.i.ə/ · frequency rank #41,291

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Осе́тия (Osétija), from Georgian ოსეთი (oseti), from ოსი (osi, “Ossetian (person)”).

## Common misspellings (7)
`osestia`, `osetia`, `osseita`, `ossetai`, `ossettia`, `ossteia`, `sosetia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ossetia