Курган
See also: курган
Russian
Etymology
From курга́н (kurgán, “burial mound”), from Turkic (compare Turkish kurgan (“fortress”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Курга́н • (Kurgán) m inan (genitive Курга́на)
- Kurgan, a city in Siberia, Russia, administrative centre of Kurgan Oblast. Originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Царёво Городище) (1662–1782).
Declension
Declension of Курга́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- Царёво Городище (Carjóvo Gorodišče)
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Turkic languages
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian proper nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian eponyms
- ru:Cities in Russia