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Che⋅chen

  [chuh-chen]
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–noun, plural -chens, (especially collectively) -chen for 1.
1. a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
2. the Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen.
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Chech·en   (chěch'ən)   
n.  

    1. A native or inhabitant of Chechnya.

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

  2. The Caucasian language of the Chechens.


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