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The Cumans' name in Russian and German means 'yellow', in reference to the color of the Cumans' hair.<ref>David Nicolle, Angus McBride, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PmZmOkfkr9oC&pg=PA43&dq=yellow+Cumans+hair&hl=en&ei=XmGpTsbcFI268gOA_vWGDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=yellow%20Cumans%20hair&f=false Hungary and the fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568], Osprey Publishing, 1988, p. 43</ref> The Ukrainian word 'Polovtsy' (Пóловці) means "blond", since the old Ukrainian word "polovo" means "straw". "Kuman" means "pale yellow" in [[Turkic languages|Turkic]].
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