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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An semiautonomous republic of western Russia in the Volga River valley. Conquered by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries, the area came under Russian rule in 1552. It is inhabited largely by the Chuvash.

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  • proper noun A republic of Russia, with capital Cheboksary.

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  • CHEBOKSARY, January 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday told students in the central Russian republic of Chuvashia which human qualities he likes.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • "We have decided that all those who are studying on a paid basis will study at the expense of the Russian federal budget," Putin said, addressing students at the state university in the central Russian republic of Chuvashia.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Chuvashia leader Nikolai Fyodorov, who was dismissed in July after heading the region for 16 years and still has not been appointed to a new position.

    The Moscow Times 2010

  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday told students in the central Russian republic of Chuvashia which human qualities he likes.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday told students in the central Russian republic of Chuvashia which human qualities he likes.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Unemployed numbers rose in 74 out of 83 Russian regions, with the Astrakhan Region and the republics of Khakassia, Kalmykia, Adygea and Chuvashia reporting the highest growth in the past week.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Police in the central Russian republic of Chuvashia have detained a man in connection with the killing of a priest, an investigation spokesman said on Thursday.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • This is the second priest killing in Chuvashia in the last two weeks.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • "In the Republic of Altai, Yakutia, Chuvashia, the Volgograd region and some other areas we encountered cells in detention facilities where available area was no more than 2 square meters per person, with no ventilation, benches, radio and individual sleeping spaces."

    Pravda.Ru 2010

  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday told students in the central Russian republic of Chuvashia which human qualities he likes.

    RIA Novosti 2010

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