Turkoman
noun
a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
Turkomans
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pluralof Turkoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead of fleeing in the face of the Islamic State drive across northern Iraq, the Turkomans have stayed and fortified their town of 15,000 with trenches and armed positions.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2014
The last official census was in 1957, when the Turkomans had a slight edge over the Kurds, 40% to 35%.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Circassians, descended from Moslems who fled the Crimea and the Russians a century ago, along with the Shishans, Druzes, Turkomans and Bahais, represent 350,000 people who were once scattered in small, isolated villages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today the region's population of 1.5 million is composed of almost equal proportions of Kurds, Arabs and Turkomans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The northern district, sloping towards Turkestan, is inhabited mainly by Turkomans who have not yet given up their roving habits.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by John Holland Rose
