Turanians
Turanian is a term that has been used in reference to diverse groups of people. It has had currency in Turanism, Pan-Turkism, and historic Turkish nationalism.
Many of the uses of the word are obsolete. It may refer to:
- The Turanid race
- An Iranian ethnic group mentioned in the Avesta; see Turan
- Any historical people of Transoxiana or present-day Turkistan
- Obsolete term for any historical Ural–Altaic people, in particular:
- The Turkic peoples during Turkic expansion
- The Huns described by the Europeans and Chinese
- Finno-Ugric peoples like the Finns, Estonians, and Hungarians.
See also
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- Turanid race
- Altaic peoples
- Hungarian Turanism
- Turan
- Turanism
- Turkic peoples
- Uralic peoples
- Turanian languages
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