Chechen
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A person from Chechnya
- noun
- /ˈtʃɛtʃən/
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checheno
- After the conflict, many Chechens sought refuge in neighboring countries.
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, there was a group of Chechens who had invaded Dagestan.
- Yeah, there was a group of Chechens who had invaded Dagestan.
- It could be a Chechen, it could have been a Russian, it could have been anything, you know, a foreigner sniper to hunt me down.
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Examples
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My mother was Chechen.
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-You said your mother is Chechen?
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"I've made it my mission to remain a Chechen no matter what."
Blog text (33) -
Half Russian, half Chechen.
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" Boris Sergeyevich, do you remember a Chechen named Makhmud Khasbulatov?"
Fiction book (1992) -
He had the knotty hair of a Chechen, but worn long in back, short on the sides, with curly bangs dyed an off-orange.
Fiction book (1992) -
My mother is a Chechen who grew up in the village of Grozny.
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Every Chechen takes great pride in their cultural heritage and history.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chechen originally named the people of Chechnya, a name used by outsiders and in Russian, so a Chechen is a person 'from Chechnya' or of that group.