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chanyus

chanyus is the plural of chanyu.

Meaning of chanyu

Noun

chanyu (plural chanyu or chanyus)

  1. (historical) A supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu.
    Synonyms:
    shanyu

Questions about chanyus

What is chanyus the plural of?
Chanyus is the plural of chanyu.

Words near chanyus in the dictionary

  1. Chanuko
  2. chanunpa
  3. chanunpas
  4. Chanute
  5. chanyu
  6. chanyus
  7. chanzi
  8. chanzis
  9. chanzy
  10. Chao
  11. chao chee bye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chanyus (page history and authors); chanyu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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