# Turan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #55,831

## Definitions
1. A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
2. A surname from Turkish.

## Etymology
From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/turan