Chechnya
chech·nya
noun
1.
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
Origin
From Russian Чечня́ (Čečnjá, “[place] of the Chechens”), derived from East Circassian.
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