kurgan

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From Russian Курга́н (Kurgán), from Russian курга́н (kurgán, “kurgan, burial mound”), from Turkic (compare Turkish kurgan (“fortress”)).

From Russian курга́н (kurgán), from a Turkic language.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كُورْغَان (kurḡān) — city
• Armenian: Կուրգան (Kurgan) — city
• Azerbaijani: Kurqan — city
• Bashkir: Ҡурған (Qurğan) — city
• Bashkir: Ҡорған (Qorğan) — city
• Belarusian: Курга́н (Kurhán) — city
• Bulgarian: Курга́н (Kurgán) — city
• Chinese Mandarin: 庫爾干 /库尔干 (Kù'ěrgān) — city
• Danish: Kurgan — city
• Dutch: Koergan — city
• Finnish: Kurgan — city
• French: Kourgan — city
• Georgian: კურგანი (ḳurgani) — city
• Hindi: कुर्गान (kurgān) — city
• Japanese: クルガン (Kurugan) — city
• Kazakh: Қорған (Qorğan) — city
• Korean: 쿠르간 (Kureugan) — city
• Latvian: Kurgana — city
• Lithuanian: Kurganas — city
• Macedonian: Курга́н (Kurgán) — city
• Portuguese: Kurgan — city
• Russian: Курга́н (Kurgán) — city
• Serbo-Croatian: Курган — city
• Serbo-Croatian: Kurgan — city
• Siberian Tatar: Ҡатир-тора (Qatir-tora) — city
• Spanish: Kurgán — city
• Tatar: Корган (Qorğan) — city
• Thai: คูร์กัน (koo-gan) — city
• Ukrainian: Курга́н (Kurhán) — city
• Azerbaijani: kurqan — prehistoric burial mound
• Bashkir: уба (uba) — prehistoric burial mound
• Belarusian: курга́н (kurhán) — prehistoric burial mound
• Bulgarian: курга́н (kurgán) — prehistoric burial mound
• Catalan: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Chinese Cantonese: 庫爾干 /库尔干 (fu3 ji5 gon1) — prehistoric burial mound
• Chinese Mandarin: 庫爾干 /库尔干 (Kù'ěrgān) — prehistoric burial mound
• Czech: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Danish: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Dutch: koergan — prehistoric burial mound
• Estonian: kurgaan — prehistoric burial mound
• Finnish: kurgaani — prehistoric burial mound
• French: kourgane — prehistoric burial mound
• German: Kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Italian: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Japanese: クルガン (kurugan) — prehistoric burial mound
• Kalmyk: толһа (tolğa) — prehistoric burial mound
• Kazakh: қорған (qorğan) — prehistoric burial mound
• Korean: 쿠르간 (kureugan) — prehistoric burial mound
• Persian: کورگان (kurgân) — prehistoric burial mound
• Persian: قرغان (qorġân) — prehistoric burial mound
• Polish: kurhan — prehistoric burial mound
• Portuguese: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Russian: курга́н (kurgán) — prehistoric burial mound
• Serbo-Croatian: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Spanish: kurgán — prehistoric burial mound
• Swedish: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Swedish: gravhög — prehistoric burial mound
• Turkish: kurgan — prehistoric burial mound
• Ukrainian: курга́н (kurhán) — prehistoric burial mound