CHECHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chechen mean? 

• CHECHEN (noun)
  The noun CHECHEN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Chechnya

2. a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen

  Familiarity information: CHECHEN used as a noun is rare.

• CHECHEN (adjective)
  The adjective CHECHEN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture

  Familiarity information: CHECHEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHECHEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Chechnya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Chechen" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Chechen" is a kind of...):

Caucasian; Caucasian language (a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere)

• CHECHEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Chechnya (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)