Loamaro (
Ingush: Лоамаро[1][2][3][4][5], romanized: Loamaruo;[3]Chechen: Ламоро,[6][7]) — the name of the inhabitants of the mountains in
Chechnya and
Ingushetia.[8][9][10] Loamaro consists of loam (mountain) and the suffix -(a)ro. The ethnonym is literally translated from the Ingush and Chechen language as "mountaineer".[9][10]
History
The first report of the ethnonym in historical documents was in 1793 by
Peter Simon Pallas.[8]
“The Galgai, Halha or the Ingusches, call themselves Lamur, or mountaineers...”
According to Professor B. Alborov, the name of the village
Lamardon in the
Prigorodny District is associated with one of the ethnonyms of the
Ingush who once lived there:
«...they called themselves Lamar, Lamuar or Lamur, which means "highlanders" in the Ingush language. The area inhabited by them is named Lamardon by the surrounding Ossetians, which means Lamar’s habitat or Lamar’s basin, since the word “don” in Ossetian means not only “water”, but also “basin”.»
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