Chuvash

Chuvash

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  • Chuvash — Chuvash, República Autónoma de …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Chuvash —    Ethnic group. At 1.6 million, the Chuvash are Russia’s fourth largest ethnic minority. Their origins can be dated to the establishment of the Volga Bulgar state in the 10th century. Ethnically, the Chuvash are a mixture of Turkic Bulgars and… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • Chuvash — /chooh vahsh /; Russ. /chyooh vahsh /, n., pl. Chuvashes, Chuvashi /chooh vah shee/; Russ. /chyooh vah shi, vu shi /, (esp. collectively) Chuvash for 1. 1. a member of a people of mixed Uralic and Altaic ancestry who live in the middle Volga… …   Universalium

  • Chuvash — 1. adjective From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia 2. noun a) Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia b) An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the …   Wiktionary

  • Chuvash — Chu•vash [[t]tʃuˈvɑʃ[/t]] n. pl. Chu•vash•es, Chu•va•shi [[t]tʃuˈvɑ ʃi[/t]] (esp. collectively)Chu•vash 1) peo a member of a people of the middle Volga River basin in the Russian Federation, living mainly in the Chuvash Autonomous Republic 2) peo …   From formal English to slang

  • Chuvash — adj. pertaining to Chuvashi people n. member of people of mixed Uralic and Altaic descent who live in western Russia n. Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Chuvash — [ tʃu:vα:ʃ] noun (plural same) 1》 a member of a people living in Chuvashia, an autonomous republic in Russia. 2》 the Turkic language of the Chuvash …   English new terms dictionary

  • Chuvash — /tʃʊˈvaʃ/ (say choo vahsh) noun 1. a people making up the majority of the population of Chuvashia. 2. (plural Chuvash or Chuvashes) a member of this people. 3. the Turkic language of this people. –adjective 4. of or relating to this people or… …  

  • Chuvash — noun 1. a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia • Hypernyms: ↑Turki 2. the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash • Hypernyms: ↑Turki, ↑Turkic, ↑Turko Tatar, ↑Turkic language …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chuvash language — Chuvash Чӑвашла, Čăvašla Pronunciation [tɕəʋaʂˈla] Spoken in Russia Region Chuvashia …   Wikipedia

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