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Nazranʼ

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  • Location: Ingushetia/Russia
Probably 'Christian' from the Arabic nasrani 'Nazarene' and thus 'Christian', a name given to the settlement at a time when the Ingush were flirting with Christianity. The Ingush are now predominantly Sunni Muslim.

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Oxford Dictionary of Place Names Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Copyright © John Everett-Heath 2005. All rights reserved. Read more

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