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CHECHENIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chechenia mean?
• CHECHENIA (noun)
The noun CHECHENIA has 1 sense:
1. an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
Familiarity information: CHECHENIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Chechen Republic; Chechenia; Chechnya
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Chechenia" is a part of...):
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
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