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Chechen|ˈtʃɛtʃɛn|
Also Tchechene, etc.
[a. Russ. † chechén (now chechénets), pl. † chechénȳ (now chechéntsȳ).]
a. (One of) a North Caucasian people, forming the major part of the population of the Russian Autonomous Republic of Checheno-Ingushetia.
b. The North Caucasic language of this people.
1814F. Shoberl tr. J. von Klaproth's Trav. Caucasus xxvi. 315 The authority of the Tscherkessian princes formerly extended over the Ossetes, the Tschetschenzes, the Abasses, and the Tartar tribes. 1854I. Golovin Caucasus vi. 82 The Tchechenes amount only to 25,000 inhabitants. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 617/2 A variety of branches from Daghestan described under the general name of Chechens. 1928W. Jochelson Peoples of Asiatic Russia vi. 143 The Chechen belong to the North Caucasian Japhetides..and include a group of tribes speaking different dialects of the Chechen language. 1957R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xxi. 77 The false impression that the Caucasian peoples..were hostile to Russia, whereas this had been true only of the Ingush and the Chechens. |