kurgan
/kʊəˈɡɑːn/noun
kurgan is spelled K-U-R-G-A-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kurgan means “A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kurgan is kurgans.
How many letters and syllables are in kurgan?
| Letters | 6: K-U-R-G-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kurgan?
Kurgan appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kurgan?
- /kʊəˈɡɑːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kurgan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kurgan
- kurgans plural
- kurhan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kurgan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kurgan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense prehistoric burial mound:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kurgan come from?
From Russian курга́н (kurgán), from a Turkic language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).