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Tamerlan

Tamerlan proper noun: a male given name from Russian or Chechen.

Proper noun

Tamerlan

  1. A male given name from Russian or Chechen.
    • Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, has been identified as the man killed during a huge manhunt launched in the early hours of Friday.2013 April 19, Miriam Elder, “Tamerlan Tsarnaev – American life of dead Boston bombing suspect”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2024

Origin of Tamerlan

From Russian Тамерла́н (Tamerlán), from Chechen Тамерлан (Tamerlan).

Questions about Tamerlan

What does Tamerlan mean?
Tamerlan means a male given name from Russian or Chechen.
What part of speech is Tamerlan?
Tamerlan is a proper noun.

Words near Tamerlan in the dictionary

  1. Tamenghest
  2. Tamenglong
  3. tamer
  4. Tamera
  5. tameridone
  6. Tamerlan
  7. Tamerlane
  8. tamers
  9. Tamerton Foliot
  10. tames
  11. Tameside

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