Itchkérie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ичке́рия (Ičkérija).

Proper noun

Itchkérie f

  1. (historical) Ichkeria (a geographic region encompassing the highlands of eastern Chechnya, Russia)
  2. (chiefly historical) Ichkeria (a former separatist state that controlled most of the modern republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, Russia, from 1991 to 2000)