WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]