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  • proper noun A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
  • proper noun Any of the languages of these people.

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Examples

  • Winfield, Kan., died Sept. 12 in Turan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fires.

    KIA KIA/BNR 2009

  • My uncle who was killed with the caravan bought it from a wizard in Turan.

    Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

  • My uncle who was killed with the caravan bought it from a wizard in Turan.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • Hungarian, Finnish, the Turkic languages, Mongolian, and Manchu belong to the Ural-Altaic family of languages, also known as the Turanian family, after the Persian word Turan for Turkestan.

    The Nazi Connection with Shambhala and Tibet 1939

  • His first child, born in the 1974, was named Turan, which is a very patriotic name among the Turkish nation.

    American Chronicle 2008

  • Names such as Turan, Sethlans and Alpan, for example.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Names such as Turan, Sethlans and Alpan, for example.

    Getting the origins of Mars and Vulcan right 2008

  • The vision of the triumvirate was a New Turkey – called Turan – stretching from the Mediterranean islands off Turkey’s western flank all the way across Central Asia to the Caspian Sea.

    The Non-Vote on Genocide 2007 2007

  • "He who is called Turan was found seeking entrance to the city and was enticed to the pits.

    The Chessmen of Mars 1922

  • "He who is called Turan was found seeking entrance to the city and was enticed to the pits.

    The Chessmen of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

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