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kur·gan
(ko͝or-gän′, -găn′)n.
1. A type of tumulus or barrow characteristic of a culture located on the steppes of southern Russia about 5000 bc and later spreading to the Danube, northern Europe, and northern Iran from around 3500 bc.
2. Kurgan
a. The culture that produced these tumuli or barrows.
b. A member of the people or peoples sharing this culture. The earliest Kurgans are considered by some to be speakers of Proto-Indo-European.
[Russian, fortified place, grave mound, from Old Turkic kurghan, fortified place.]
Kur·gan′ adj.
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Kurgan
(Russian kurˈɡan)n
(Placename) a city in W Russia, on the Tobol River: industrial centre for an agricultural region. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)
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kur•gan
(kʊərˈgɑn, -ˈgæn)n.
an ancient burial mound constructed over a pit grave: earliest occurrence 4th millennium b.c., in the Russian Steppes.
[1885–90; < Russian kurgán burial mound < Turkic]
Kur•gan
(kʊərˈgɑn, -ˈgæn)n.
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains. 354,000.
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