Kurgan

See also: kurgan and Kurgán

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Kurgan

1. An oblast of Russia in Siberia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia. Originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Russian Царёво Городи́ще n (Carjóvo Gorodíšče)) (1662-1782).

Translations

city

• Arabic: كُورْغَان m (kurḡān)
• Armenian: Կուրգան (hy) (Kurgan)
• Azerbaijani: Kurqan
• Belarusian: Курга́н m (Kurhán)
• Bulgarian: Курга́н m (Kurgán)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫爾干／库尔干 (Kù'ěrgān)

• Danish: Kurgan
• Dutch: Koergan
• Finnish: Kurgan
• French: Kourgan (fr) m
• Georgian: კურგანი (ḳurgani)
• Hindi: कुर्गान (kurgān)
• Japanese: クルガン (Kurugan)
• Kazakh: Қорған (Qorğan)
• Korean: 쿠르간 (Kureugan)
• Latvian: Kurgana
• Lithuanian: Kurganas
• Macedonian: Курга́н m (Kurgán)
• Portuguese: Kurgan f
• Russian: Курга́н (ru) m (Kurgán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Курган m

  Roman: Kurgan m

• Spanish: Kurgán (es) m
• Thai: คูร์กัน (koo-gan)
• Ukrainian: Курга́н (uk) m (Kurhán)

See also

• kurgan

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kurgan f

1. Kurgan (an oblast of Russia)
2. Kurgan (a city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia)