Turan

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians. historical

    "Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies."

  2. 2
    A surname from Turkish.

Example

More examples

"The Etruscan goddess Turan is represented with wings, and her attributes are the swan and the dove."

Etymology

From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".

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Turan tigercentral asiacentral asian

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