Chech·nya /ʧɛʧˈnjɑ, ˈʧɛʧnjə/
  Chechnya
       n : an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the
           northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia;
           declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian
           troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless
           military campaign in the largely Muslim republic [syn: Chechenia,
            Chechen Republic]