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kurgans

kurgans is the plural of kurgan.

Meaning of kurgan

Noun

kurgan (plural kurgans)

  1. A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.
    • The kurgans and the burials they contain are consistent with the early IE burial practices outlined above, and the late Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas proposed that the kurgan peoples were in fact early Indo-Europeans.2004, Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture, Blackwell, published 2005, page 41
    Synonyms:
    burial mound § Synonyms

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Questions about kurgans

What is kurgans the plural of?
Kurgans is the plural of kurgan.

Words near kurgans in the dictionary

  1. Kuresas
  2. Kuressaare
  3. kurfuffle
  4. kurfuffles
  5. kurgan
  6. kurgans
  7. kurgantaite
  8. kuri
  9. Kuria
  10. Kuria Muria
  11. Kuriakose

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