Chechnya

English

Alternative forms

Chechenia, Chechneya, Chechnia, Chechniya

Etymology

From Russian Чечня́ (Čečnjá, “[place] of the Chechens”), derived from Kabardian.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛtʃ.ni.ə/, [ˈt͡ʃɛtʃ.ɲi.ə]

Proper noun

Chechnya

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.

Derived terms

Chechnyan

Related terms

Chechen

Translations

republic of Russia

Abkhaz: Чечентәыла (Čečentʷʼəla)
Afrikaans: Tsjetsjnië
Albanian: Çeçeni f, Çeçenia f (definite)
Amharic: ቸችኒያ (čäčniya)
Arabic: الشِّيشَان f (aš-šīšān)
Armenian: Չեչնիա (Čʻečʻnia)
Azerbaijani: Çeçenistan
Basque: Txetxenia
Belarusian: Чачня́ f (Čačnjá)
Bengali: শীশান (śīśan)
Bulgarian: Чече́ния f (Čečénija)
Catalan: Txetxènia f
Chechen: Нохчийчоь (Noxčiı̇čö), Нохчий Мохк (Noxčiı̇ Moxk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 車臣 / 车臣 (zh) (Chēchén)
Czech: Čečensko (cs) n
Danish: Tjetjenien c
Dutch: Tsjetsjenië (nl) n
Esperanto: Ĉeĉenio (eo)
Estonian: Tšetšeenia
Faroese: Kekenia n
Finnish: Tšetšenia (fi)
French: Tchétchénie (fr) f
Georgian: ჩეჩნეთი (ka) (čečneti)
German: Tschetschenien (de) n
Greek: Τσετσενία (el) f (Tsetsenía)
Hebrew: צ׳צ׳ניה f
Hindi: चेचन्या m (cecanyā)
Hungarian: Csecsenföld (hu)
Icelandic: Téténía f
Ingush: Нохчийче (Noxčiı̇če), Нохчий Мохк (Noxčiı̇ Moxk)
Irish: An tSeisnia f
Italian: Cecenia f
Japanese: チェチェン (ja) (Chechen)
Kabardian: Шэшэн (Šɛšɛn)
Kazakh: Шешенстан (Şeşenstan)
Korean: 체첸 (Chechen)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Çeçenistan
Kyrgyz: Чеченстан (Cecenstan)
Latvian: Čečenija f
Lithuanian: Čečėnija (lt) f
Macedonian: Чеченија f (Čečenija)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Чечень (Čečenʹ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Tsjetsjenia

Nynorsk: Tsjetsjenia
Ossetian: Цӕцӕн (Cæcæn)
Persian: چچنستان (čečenestân), چچن (čečen), چچنیا (čečniyâ)
Polish: Czeczenia (pl) f
Portuguese:
Brazilian: Chechênia (pt) f, Tchetchênia f

European: Chechénia (pt) f, Tchetchénia f
Romanian: Cecenia f
Russian: Чечня́ (ru) f (Čečnjá), Ичке́рия (ru) f (Ičkérija) (temporary name used by Chechen nationalists)
Scots: Chechnie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Чѐче̄нија f

Roman: Čèčēnija (sh) f
Slovak: Čečensko n
Slovene: Čečenija f
Spanish: Chechenia (es) f
Swedish: Tjetjenien (sv) n
Tajik: Чеченистон (tg) (Čečeniston)
Tamil: செச்சினியா (cecciṉiyā)
Tatar: Чечня (Çeçnya)
Thai: เชชเนีย (chee-chá-niia), เชเชน (chee-cheen)
Turkish: Çeçenya
Turkmen: Çeçenistan
Ukrainian: Чечня́ f (Čečnjá)
Urdu: چیچنیا m (cecanyā)
Uyghur: چېچېنىيە (chëchëniye)
Uzbek: Checheniston
Welsh: Tsietsnia
Yiddish: טשעטשניע f (tshetshnye)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃet͡ʃnja/ [ˈt͡ʃet͡ʃ.nja]
Rhymes: -etʃnja
Syllabification: Chech‧nya

Proper noun

Chechnya f

alternative form of Chechenia: Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)