(historical) A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians. / Any of the languages of these people.

A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

A movement aiming at close cooperation or political unification of various supposedly related ethnic groups, claimed to have all originated from Turan.

(organic chemistry) A reducing disaccharide organic compound that can be used as a carbon source by bacteria and fungi.

(mineralogy) An olive green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.

plural of Turanian

Of or pertaining to Turan.

(linguistics, racial theories, obsolete) A member of any of the Asian peoples who speak Uralic or Altaic (or Turan) languages.

A proposed language family (now generally rejected) encompassing the Uralic and Altaic languages; Ural-Altaic.

(New Zealand) In Māori culture, one's own land; a place to live in.