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Pechenegs

Pechenegs is the plural of Pecheneg.

Meaning of Pecheneg

Noun

Pecheneg (plural Pechenegs)

  1. (historical) A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people from central Asia, some of whom migrated into eastern Europe.
    • The Pechenegs had already ceased to be a major threat by the time Kievan Rus’ converted to Christianity in 988, and most references to them in the chronicle are in the period before this, earlier in the tenth century.1987, Charles J. Halperin, Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History, Indiana University Press, page 13

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Questions about Pechenegs

What is Pechenegs the plural of?
Pechenegs is the plural of Pecheneg.

Words near Pechenegs in the dictionary

  1. Pechas
  2. pechay
  3. pechays
  4. peched
  5. Pecheneg
  6. Pechenegs
  7. Pechenga
  8. Pecheur
  9. peching
  10. pechka
  11. pechkas

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