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Cuman

Pronunciation: /ˈk(j)uːmən/

The English word “Cuman” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

proper noun

  1. The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Etymology

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

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