Cuman

See also: cuman

English

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Byzantine Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈk(j)uːmən/

Noun

Cuman (plural Cumans)

  1. (historical) A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Proper noun

Cuman

  1. The Turkic language spoken by these people.

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