Chechen

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Chech·en

(chĕch′ən)

a. A native or inhabitant of Chechnya.

b. A member of the predominant, traditionally Muslim ethnic group of Chechnya.

2. The Northeast Caucasian language of the Chechens.

[Obsolete Russian, from Kabardian (Caucasian language of southwest Russia and Turkey) šešen.]

Chech′en adj.

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Chechen

(ˈtʃɛtʃɛn)

n, pl -chens or -chen

(Peoples) a member of a people of Russia, speaking a Circassian language and chiefly inhabiting the Chechen Republic

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Che•chen

(tʃəˈtʃɛn)

n., pl. -chens, (esp. collectively) -chen.

1. a member of a people of the central Caucasus Mountains and adjacent steppes to the north.

2. the Caucasian language of the Chechens.

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Noun	1.	Chechen - a native or inhabitant of Chechnya Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia
	2.	Chechen - a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen Caucasian language, Caucasian - a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
Adj.	1.	Chechen - of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture

Translations

checheno

tjetjenska

Chechen

[ˈtʃetʃən]

A. ADJ → checheno

B. N (Chechen or Chechens (pl)) → checheno/a m/f

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Chechen

[ˈtʃɛtʃɛn]

adj → tchétchène

(= person) → Tchétchène mf

(= language) → tchétchène m

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Chechen

n pl <Chechens or Chechen> → Tschetschene m, → Tschetschenin f

adj → tschetschenisch; the Chechen Republic → die Tschetschenische Republik

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