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Definition of Chuvash
1. Noun. A member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia.
2. Noun. The Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash.
Definition of Chuvash
1. Adjective. From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia ¹
2. Noun. Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia ¹
3. Proper noun. An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the '''Chuvash''' people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chuvash
Literary usage of Chuvash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
"One says to the Chuvash: " Do you feel in yourself anything outside your body ?"
— Every Chuvash will say that he feels something spiritual, thinking, ..."
2. Works by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
"One says to the Chuvash: " Do you feel in yourself anything outside your body ?"
— Every Chuvash will say that he feels something spiritual, thinking, ..."
3. World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Chicago: Catalogue of the Russian Section by Soviet Union General'nyi kommisar russkogo otdiela vsemirnoi kolumbovoi vystavki v Chicago (1893)
"Chuvash women's ornaments. From Cheboksary district. 4. ... Ancient Chuvash towel.
11. Samples of towels, table clothes, napkins etc. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Russian Section by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, Russia, Ministerstvo finansov (1893)
"Chuvash women's ornaments. From Cheboksary district. 4. ... Collection of towels,
table clothes etc. 10. Ancient Chuvash towel. 11. ..."
5. Report by British and Foreign Bible Society (1892)
"Chuvash (Russian character).— The Four Gospels, translated by M. ... The Chuvash
are said to number one million souls. ..."
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