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kurgan
1[ koor-gahn, -gan ]
noun
- a circular burial mound constructed over a pit grave and often containing grave vessels, weapons, and the bodies of horses as well as a single human body; originally in use in the Russian Steppes but later spreading into eastern, central, and northern Europe in the third millennium b.c.
Kurgan
2[ koor-gahn; Russian koor-gahn ]
noun
- a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
Kurgan
/ kurˈɡan /
noun
- a city in W Russia, on the Tobol River: industrial centre for an agricultural region. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kurgan1
1885–90; < Russian kurgán burial mound, Old Russian, apparently to be identified with kurganŭ fortress < Turkic; compare Turkish, Tatar kurğan, Chagatai, Kazakh korğan fortress, castle
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Example Sentences
From Mir we proceeded to the Kette Kurgan ('great fortress').
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An occasional kurgan rising up here and there in the Steppe is the sole sign that it was once inhabited by a people.
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These people buried their dead in barrows, or kurgans, and for this reason they have been called Kurgan people.
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Sergi states that it varies from 65 to 81, but it seems likely that among his collection of kurgan skulls are some of other types.
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