Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Chechnya
    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]