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CHUVASH (chuvashes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chuvash mean?
• CHUVASH (noun)
The noun CHUVASH has 2 senses:
1. a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia
2. the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash
Familiarity information: CHUVASH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Chuvash" is a kind of...):
Turki (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chuvash" is a kind of...):
Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)
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