Chechnya
geographical name
Chech·nya
variants or Chechenya or Chechenia
chech-ˈnyä 
or Chechen Republic ˈchech-nyə
chi-ˈchen
republic of southeastern Russia in Europe on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains; capital Grozny area 4750 square miles (12,302 square kilometers), population 1,103,686
Note: Russian suppression of an independence movement resulted in extensive violence in Chechnya throughout most of the 1990s and into the 2000s.
Chechen adjective or noun