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CHECHNYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chechnya mean? 

CHECHNYA (noun)
  The noun CHECHNYA 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 republicplay

  Familiarity information: CHECHNYA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHECHNYA (noun)


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 ("Chechnya" 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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