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Alania

Alania proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Alania

  1. (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.
  2. (colloquial) North Ossetia-Alania: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.

Alania meaning in Tamil and Malay

Alania in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Alania in Malay

medieval kingdom of Alans
Alania

Origin of Alania

See Alan.

Questions about Alania

What does Alania mean?
Alania means 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.
What is Alania in Tamil?
Alania in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Alania meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Alania?
Alania is a proper noun.

Words near Alania in the dictionary

  1. Alangan
  2. alangiaceous
  3. Alangilan
  4. alangst
  5. Alani
  6. Alania
  7. Alanian
  8. Alanic
  9. alanin
  10. alaninaemia
  11. alaninaemias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Alania (page history and authors); Alania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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