former autonomous region of South Ossetia

former Adjective

— A former mathx/math (e.g., president, country, wife) used to be the mathx/math but is not anymore. Former president Clinton was giving a speech at the school. — The former is the first of two things that have already been talked about. I've taught in high school and university. The former (i.e., high school) is more exciting, but university is less stressful.

autonomous

— adjective (= sovereign) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces an autonomous judiciary a sovereign state — adjective (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment — adjective existing as an independent entity the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies

region Noun

— A region is an area of land or of the body. The fishing problems have been happening only in the Atlantic coast region. The southern regions of Japan are warm and tropical. If we do an operation in this region of the brain, you may lose your ability to speak. — A region is any connected part of a space or surface. This definition is useful in geometry. In Euclidean space, a convex set is a region which has a geometric definition.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

south Noun

— The direction opposite to north. For a person looking at the setting sun, the south is on their left hand. The wind usually comes from the south.

south Preposition

— One of the four compass directions: 180º from north. If you face south, the sun rises on your left. Africa is South of Europe.

Ossetia properNoun

— region in the Caucasus