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A Hun is a member of the Huns, a confederation of nomadic tribes in Western Asia and Europe in late antiquity.

Hun or huns may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Hun, a British subcultural stereotype, see Hun culture
• Hun, a character in Pokémon
• Hun, a character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• The Hun (cartoonist), a pseudonymous erotic artist
• The Huns (film) a 1960 Italian film
• Hun (instrument), a clay Korean flute

Biology

• Hun, a nickname for Hungarian partridge
• Hun shrew, (Crocidura attila), a mammal species found in parts of Africa

Geography

• Húns, a village in Friesland, Netherlands
• River Hun, Norfolk, England
• Hun River (Liao River tributary), Liaoning Province, China
• Hun River (Yalu River tributary), China
• Hun, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
• Hun, Libya, a town
• HUN, Chapman code for Huntingdonshire, county in England

History

• The Xiongnu, a confederation of nomadic tribes in northeast Asia from the 3rd Century BCE to the late 1st Century CE
• The Hunas, "Iranian Huns" and/or Xionites: tribes in Asia between the 4th and 7th Centuries
  • "Red Huns", who were possibly synonymous with the "Alchon Huns" and/or Kidarites;
  • "Alchon Huns"
  • "White Huns", possibly synonymous with, or included the Hephtalites
  • "Nezak Huns"
• Hun clan, A clan of south Asian community Gurjar, Gujjer
• North Caucasian Huns, Daghestan, a people who settled in Daghestan during the 6th and 7th centuries
• Hun of East Anglia, 8th century ruler
• Hun soul, in Chinese folk beliefs

Transportation

• Hualien Airport's IATA airport code
• Railway service timetable code for Hunter Line, New South Wales, Australia
• Huntingdon railway station's National Rail station code
• Huntington (Amtrak station)'s station code

Other uses

• Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey, United States
• F-100 Super Sabre nickname
• Derogatory term used for Germans
• Hun, an insult used for Rangers F.C. supporters
• HUN, an ISO country code for Hungary
• Huntsman Corporation, NYSE symbol
• Hun, means Human in Mongolian.
• The Hun, a nickname for the newspaper Herald Sun

See also

• Huna (disambiguation)
• Hunnic (disambiguation)
• Hunni