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- proper noun Plural form of
Hun .
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Examples
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And whilst the term Huns is mostly used by Celtic fans, it is also used by the fans of other clubs to describe Rangers supprters, common even amongtst English teams in araes where RCs are pretty thin on the ground
The World's Best Dieting Aid Alan Smart 2009
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Amidst these barbarian groups come the Huns from the distant steppes, perhaps seeking a more hospitable land.
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In Burning Shadows, Yarbro looks at the legendary Huns from the perspective of the people who faced the brunt of their attacks.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR DECEMBER 6TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Amidst these barbarian groups come the Huns from the distant steppes, perhaps seeking a more hospitable land.
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In the years before I was born and for many years thereafter, our northern borders were often under attack by a fierce, proud people whom we called the Huns.
Wild Orchid Cameron Dokey 2009
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In the years before I was born and for many years thereafter, our northern borders were often under attack by a fierce, proud people whom we called the Huns.
Wild Orchid Cameron Dokey 2009
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Towards the beginning of our era, they were called Hsiung-nû, from which, perhaps, came the name Huns; and some centuries later, Thû-küeh
The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 James Legge 1856
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The name of Huns is too vague; the tribes of the Cutturgurians and Utturgurians are too minute and too harsh.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The same rebellion had been supported by the zeal and activity of Aetius, who brought an army of sixty thousand Huns from the Danube to the confines of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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While the fate of Gaul with the invading Huns is never fully revealed, the book ends, naturally, with Arthur’s death from a wound in battle, while his son Mordred is next in line to rule.
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