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Chechens

Chechens is the plural of Chechen.

Meaning of Chechen

Noun

Chechen (plural Chechens)

  1. A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
  2. (broadly) Synonym of Chechnyan: a resident of Chechnya.
    Synonyms:
    Chechnyan

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Proper noun

Chechens pl

  1. (plural) A Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

Questions about Chechens

What does Chechens mean?
Chechens means a Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
What is Chechens the plural of?
Chechens is the plural of Chechen.
What part of speech is Chechens?
Chechens is a proper noun.

Words near Chechens in the dictionary

  1. Chechenization
  2. Chechenize
  3. Chechenized
  4. Chechenness
  5. Checheno-
  6. Chechens
  7. cheches
  8. chechia
  9. chechias
  10. Chechneya
  11. Chechnia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chechens (page history and authors); Chechen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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