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CHECHEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chechen" is a kind of...):
Caucasian; Caucasian language (a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Chechnya
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chechen" is a kind of...):
Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Chechnya (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)
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