English
Tannu Tuva
Tannu Tuva comes from Russian Танну́-Тува́.
- RussianmodernТанну́-Тува́Tannú-Tuvá
- Englishearliest quotation 1957Tannu Tuva
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- RussianmodernТанну́-Тува́Tannú-Tuvá
- Englishearliest quotation 1957Tannu Tuva
Earliest quotation: 1957, Chiang Chung-cheng, Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy: “As related above, when Soviet Russia went to war…”
Every English word from Russian Танну́-Тува́
Today it means
name A partially recognized Marxist-Leninist people's republic northwest of Mongolia that existed between 1921 and 1944; roughly coterminous with modern Tuva; official names Tannu Tuva People's Republic (1921–1926) and Tuvan People's Republic (1926–1944).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian Танну́-Тува́ / Tannu Tuva