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Hunnu
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hunnu
French
Etymology
fr mn ᠬᠣᠨᠨᠣ meaning "people" in an old language used by people of the northern steppes referred to as the Northerners (or Northern-lineage; ko 북방계, cmn 北方系 (běifāngxì), ja 北方系 (Hoppōkei)).
Learned from fr la Hunni, romanization, and fr ru Хунну, cyrillization of the word. fr Xiongnu Hun, romanization of fr cmn 匈奴 Xiōngnú Hani and fr cmn 匈 Xiōng, that are transliteration of the original word, Hunnu, in itself using Hanzi characters with the closest sound.
Proper noun
m-p
en Xiongnu; fr Xiongnu
Derived terms
fr hunnu
Noun
m +
en Xiongnu; fr Xiongnu