Alania

== English == === Etymology === See Alan. === Proper noun === Alania (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. (colloquial) North Ossetia-Alania: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains. ==== Related terms ==== Alan ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Ossetia === Anagrams === Alaina, Aliana, Analia