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Tiele

Tiele noun: a member of a confederation of Turkic peoples living to the north of China and in Central Asia, emerging after the disintegration of the Xiongnu confederacy.

Noun

Tiele (plural Tiele)

  1. A member of a confederation of Turkic peoples living to the north of China and in Central Asia, emerging after the disintegration of the Xiongnu confederacy.
    Synonyms:
    Gaoche

Synonyms of Tiele

  • Gaoche

Forms of Tiele

pluralTiele
alternative formChile
alternative formTele

Origin of Tiele

Borrowed from Mandarin 鐵勒／铁勒 (Tiělè).

Questions about Tiele

What does Tiele mean?
Tiele means a member of a confederation of Turkic peoples living to the north of China and in Central Asia, emerging after the disintegration of the Xiongnu confederacy.
What part of speech is Tiele?
Tiele is a noun.
What is the plural of Tiele?
The plural of Tiele is Tiele.

Words near Tiele in the dictionary

  1. Tiegs
  2. Tiegses
  3. Tieguanyin
  4. tieing
  5. tiel
  6. Tiele
  7. tieless
  8. tielessness
  9. Tieling
  10. tiels
  11. tiemaker

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