Turan

The Etruscan goddess of love, fertility, and vitality.

Proper noun historical

  1. A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
    • Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies. - 1828, Thomas Keightley, The...
  2. A surname from Turkish.

Origin

From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".

Forms

Tooran Touran

Derived

Turanian Turanianism Turanianist Turanic Turanism Turanist Turan tiger

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. The Etruscan goddess of love, fertility, and vitality.

Origin

See tyrant

Forms

Tooran Touran

Noun

  1. A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

Forms

Tooran Touran