Turan

Turan on one 1850s map.

Meanings

Proper Noun

region Central Asia (region), originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
Any of the languages of these people.

Noun

A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

Origin

From Persian توران, originally meaning "the Land of Tur".

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