Ingush
[ in-goosh ]
/ ɪnˈguʃ /
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noun, plural In·gush·es, (especially collectively) In·gush for 1.
a member of a Sunni Muslim people living north of the Caucasus Mountains, closely related to the Chechen.
the Caucasian language of the Ingush.
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How to use Ingush in a sentence
Chechnya and Ingushetia were joined administratively into the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic.
British Dictionary definitions for Ingush
Ingush
/ (ɪŋˈɡuːʃ) /
noun plural -gushes or -gush
a member of a people of S central Russia, speaking a Circassian language and chiefly inhabiting the Ingush Republic
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