chechen republic

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chechen republic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chechen Republic
      n 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 [syn: Chechnya,
           Chechenia, Chechen Republic]