Chuvash

American

[choo-vahsh, chyoo-vahsh] / tʃuˈvɑʃ, tʃjuˈvɑʃ /

noun

a member of a people of mixed Uralic and Altaic ancestry who live in the middle Volga basin, mainly in the Chuvash Autonomous Republic.
the language of the Chuvash, generally considered Turkic though markedly divergent from all other modern Turkic languages.

Chuvash British

/ tʃʊˈvɑːʃ /

noun

a Turkic ethnic people living chiefly in the middle Volga region of Russia
the language of this people, generally classed within the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

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Chuvash Chuvashes

Chuvash Republic head Oleg Nikolaev confirmed that Cheboksary had been hit, reporting three injuries.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

In the Chuvash Republic, Anna Nikolayev, 62, a widowed peasant woman, tugged at her handkerchief and sobbed.

From Time Magazine Archive

They also actively solicit the votes of the nationalist and elitist Muslims of the industrialized Volga - mainly the Tatars, Bashkirs and Chuvash.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin

At the present day the Bashkirs, Meshchers and Tepters, who speak Tatar languages, are thought to be Finnish in origin, as are also the Chuvashes, whose language is Tatar strongly modified by Finnish influence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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