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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Chechnya, Chechenia, Chechen Republic]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Chechen Republic n 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 [syn: Chechnya, Chechenia, Chechen Republic]