Chechnya
geographical name
Chech·nya
variants:
or Chechenya
or Chechenia \ chech-ˈnyä 
, ˈchech-nyə \
or Chechen Republic \ chi-ˈchen
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, ˈchech-nyə \
or Chechen Republic \ chi-ˈchen
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Definition of Chechnya
republic of southeastern Russia in Europe on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains; capital Grozny area 4750 square miles (12,302 square kilometers), population 1,103,686
Note: Russian suppression of an independence movement resulted in extensive violence in Chechnya throughout most of the 1990s and into the 2000s.