/ Dictionary / Index C Chuvash: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Chu•vash Pronunciation: (ch-väsh' Russ. chy-väsh'), [key] — pl. Chu•vash•es, Chu•va•shi Chu•vash 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: chuvash (Thesaurus) chutzpa Chuvash Autonomous Republic Related Content Daily Word Quiz: lunar Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language