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Chu⋅vash

  [choo-vahsh; Russ. chyoo-vahsh]
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–noun, plural Chu⋅vash⋅es, Chu⋅va⋅shi  [choo-vah-shee; Russ. chyoo-vah-shi, -vuh-shi] , (especially collectively) Chu⋅vash for 1.
1. a member of a people of mixed Uralic and Altaic ancestry who live in the middle Volga basin, mainly in the Chuvash Autonomous Republic.
2. the language of the Chuvash, generally considered Turkic though markedly divergent from all other modern Turkic languages.
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Chu·vash   (chŏŏ-väsh')   
n.   pl. Chuvash or Chu·vash·es

  1. A member of a people located in the middle Volga River valley, chiefly in Chuvashia.

  2. The Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash.


[Russian, from Chuvash čvaš.]
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