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huns

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for huns.

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The Huns were an entirely different nomadic people (separated from the Mongol Empire by about a thousand years).

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Quick take

a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of huns gathered in one view.

N

a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for huns.

N

a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

Example sentences

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The Huns were an entirely different nomadic people (separated from the Mongol Empire by about a thousand years).

2

The Romans defeated the Huns at Chalons and were then conquered by Goths a few decades later.

3

Witch-huns and the Inquisition for example, are phenomena of the Renaissance, not of the middle ages.

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Or what made the Huns go and conquer half of Europe and kill about half of those and subjugate the rest?

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No one ever complains about the Turks or Tatars or Mongols or Huns or Aztecs or Arabs or a thousand others...all monstrous in their time.

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(They should have been friends with the huns, or have been able to adequates protect themselves.

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As someone who sees Uber as an exploitative venture (I may be wrong), I actually find those regulations the last wall slowing down the huns.

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Not sure the Huns were the biggest direct threat either (unless we think that they are directly responsible for the Gothic migrations/invasions who were the ones who took over significant parts of the empire).

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The Goths (actually two separate peoples, the Ostrogoths and later the Visigoths), as with the Huns moved into central and southern Europe from the Steppe - not Germany - towards the end of the Roman Empire (the Visigoths sacked Rome on 24 August 410).

Quote examples

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In russia they call them the huns, in europe there's a legend of "prestor john".

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The russians of the time called the mongols by the ancient name "huns." Or at least, those that wrote the history did.

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There's also a "what if" due to the Huns and pushing the Goths across the Danube, but if it were not the Huns, it could have been other factors as well (famines or another barbarian tribe).

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Even as, a thousand years ago, the Huns under their King Attila made such a name for themselves as still resounds in terror through legend and fable, so may the name of Germans resound through Chinese history a thousand years from now.” (Cowles, p.

Proper noun examples

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As ramanujan noted, most others (Huns etc etc) did at least as bad when they had the capacity.

2

But do you think Apple would reject a game depicting the Roman Empire fighting of the Huns?

3

Byzantium retained its integrity, but Rome, the city, did collapse thanks to invasions by Germanic tribes and the Huns.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use huns in a sentence?

The Huns were an entirely different nomadic people (separated from the Mongol Empire by about a thousand years).

What does huns mean?

a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

What part of speech is huns?

huns is commonly used as N.