Meanings
Origin
- RussianЧечня́“[place] of the Chechens”
- EnglishChechnya
From Russian Чечня́ (Čečnjá, “[place] of the Chechens”), derived from East Circassian.
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Afrikaans Tsjetsjnië
- Tsjetsjniërepublic of Russia
Arabic الشِّيشَان
- الشِّيشَان (aš-šīšān)republic of Russia
Basque Txetxenia
- Txetxeniarepublic of Russia
Bengali শীশান
- শীশান (śīśan)republic of Russia
Brazilian Portuguese Chechênia, Tchetchênia
- Chechêniarepublic of Russia
- Tchetchêniarepublic of Russia
Bulgarian Чече́ния
- Чече́ния (Čečénija)republic of Russia
Catalan Txetxènia
- Txetxèniarepublic of Russia
Chinese Mandarin 車臣 /车臣
- 車臣 /车臣 (Chēchén)republic of Russia
Czech Čečensko
- Čečenskorepublic of Russia
Danish Tjetjenien
- Tjetjenienrepublic of Russia
Dutch Tsjetsjenië
- Tsjetsjeniërepublic of Russia
Esperanto Ĉeĉenio
- Ĉeĉeniorepublic of Russia
Estonian Tšetšeenia
- Tšetšeeniarepublic of Russia
European Portuguese Chechénia, Tchetchénia
- Chechéniarepublic of Russia
- Tchetchéniarepublic of Russia
Finnish Tšetšenia
- Tšetšeniarepublic of Russia
French Tchétchénie
- Tchétchénierepublic of Russia
German Tschetschenien
- Tschetschenienrepublic of Russia
Greek Τσετσενία
- Τσετσενία (Tsetsenía)republic of Russia
Hebrew צ׳צ׳ניה
- צ׳צ׳ניהrepublic of Russia
Hindi चेचन्या
- चेचन्या (cecnyā)republic of Russia
Hungarian Csecsenföld
- Csecsenföldrepublic of Russia
Icelandic Téténía
- Téténíarepublic of Russia
Irish An tSeisnia
- An tSeisniarepublic of Russia
Italian Cecenia
- Ceceniarepublic of Russia
Japanese チェチェン
- チェチェン (Chechen)republic of Russia
Korean 체첸
- 체첸 (Chechen)republic of Russia
Latvian Čečenija
- Čečenijarepublic of Russia
Lithuanian Čečėnija
- Čečėnijarepublic of Russia
Norwegian Bokmål Tsjetsjenia
- Tsjetsjeniarepublic of Russia
Persian چچنستان, چچن
- چچنستان (čečenestân)republic of Russia
- چچن (čečen)republic of Russia
- چچنیا (čečniyâ)republic of Russia
Polish Czeczenia
- Czeczeniarepublic of Russia
Romanian Cecenia
- Ceceniarepublic of Russia
Russian Чечня́, Ичке́рия
- Чечня́ (Čečnjá)republic of Russia
- Ичке́рия (Ičkérija)republic of Russia
Slovak Čečensko
- Čečenskorepublic of Russia
Spanish Chechenia
- Checheniarepublic of Russia
Swedish Tjetjenien
- Tjetjenienrepublic of Russia
Tamil செச்சினியா
- செச்சினியா (cecciṉiyā)republic of Russia
Thai เชชเนีย, เชเชน
- เชชเนีย (chee-chá-niia)republic of Russia
- เชเชน (chee-cheen)republic of Russia
Turkish Çeçenya
- Çeçenyarepublic of Russia
Ukrainian Чечня́
- Чечня́ (Čečnjá)republic of Russia
Urdu چیچنیا
- چیچنیا (cecanyā)republic of Russia
Welsh Tsietsnia
- Tsietsniarepublic of Russia
Yiddish טשעטשניע
- טשעטשניע (tshetshnye)republic of Russia
Cite this entry
APA
Chechnya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chechnya
MLA
“Chechnya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chechnya. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chechnya,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chechnya.
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