A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya. / (inexact) Synonym of Chechnyan: a resident of Chechnya.

The language of the Chechens, a member of the Nakh family.

Of or relating to the Chechen people. / Of or relating to the Chechen language. / (inexact) Synonym of Chechnyan: of or relating to Chechnya, a Russian .

plural of Chechen

A Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

The quality of being Chechen.

The official name of Chechnya, A republic of Russia, in English.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR (1922-1936).

(historical) The name for Chechnya and Ingushetia (combined) while under the rule of the Soviet Union (1924-1991).

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in January 1944.