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Chude

Chude is the alternative form of Chud.

Meaning of Chud

Noun

Chud (plural Chuds or Chud)

  1. (historical) A member of any of several Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia and Northwestern Russia.
    • In the meantime, the Chuds tied [her] foot so that she would not escape. When Liaine returned with his brother Aripi and son Peairi, he found the Sami camp smouldering and empty.1998, Michael P. Robinson, Karim-Aly S. Kassam, Leif Rantala, Sami Potatoes: Living with Reindeer and Perestroika, Bayeux Arts Incorporated, →ISBN, page 76

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Forms of Chude

pluralChudes
pluralChude

Questions about Chude

What is Chude the alternative form of?
Chude is the alternative form of Chud.

Words near Chude in the dictionary

  1. chuddiest
  2. chudding
  3. chuddur
  4. chuddurs
  5. chuddy
  6. Chude
  7. Chudes
  8. chudette
  9. chudettes
  10. chudich
  11. chudiches

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