turan

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noun
  1. 1

    (historical) A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.

  2. 2

    A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

  3. 3

    A surname from Turkish.