Kurgan Definition
ko͝or-gän, -găn
noun
A type of tumulus or barrow characteristic of a culture located on the steppes of southern Russia about 5000 bc and later spreading to the Danube, northern Europe, and northern Iran from around 3500 bc .
American Heritage
The culture that produced these tumuli or barrows.
American Heritage
A member of the people or peoples sharing this culture. The earliest Kurgans are considered by some to be speakers of Proto-Indo-European.
American Heritage
pronoun
Other Word Forms of Kurgan
Noun
Singular:
kurgan
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kurgansOrigin of Kurgan
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From Russian курган (kurgan), from a Turkic language (compare Turkish kurgan (“fortress”)).
From Wiktionary
Russian fortified place, grave mound from Old Turkic kurghan fortified place
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Russian курган, from Turkic (compare Turkish kurgan ‘fortress’).
From Wiktionary
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