Wusun

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 烏孫／乌孙 (Wūsūn) (lit. "Grandchildren/Descendants of the Crow/Raven")

Noun

1. An ancient nomadic steppe people who lived in western Gansu in northwest China, near the Yuezhi people, and were defeated by the Xiongnu circa 176 BCE.

Synonyms

• Usun

Translations

ancient nomadic steppe people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏孫／乌孙 (zh) (wūsūn), 乌孙 (zh) (wūsūn)

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• Finnish: wusun-kansa