- a variation of Timour.
Timur
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The head of Kyiv's military administration, Timur Tkachenko, said the "enemy is once again massively attacking the Kyiv region".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It came at a critical moment,” said a soldier who goes by the call sign Konosh, from the Timur Special Forces Unit in Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
"We train mostly in the Alps," Kyrgyz skier Timur Shakirov says ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Written by Marco van Belle and directed by Russian action auteur Timur Bekmambetov, “Mercy” is a remarkably — though perhaps not surprisingly — conservative film, one that manages to be both pro-cop and pro-AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
His posterity kept possession till 1369, when Timur or Tamerlane bore down everything before him, and established his capital at Samarkand, which with Bokhara regained for a time its former splendour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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