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Onogur or Onoghur (alternative name: Great Bulgaria) was the name of the European state of Avars and Bulgars under the rule of the Bulgar house of Dulo (also Dub or Dubo, of the Unogundur tribe of Bulgars). The Onogur state became an Avar-Bulgar federation and spanned large areas of eastern Europe, extending from Pannonia to the Kuban in the 7th century. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Onogur. ... The Eurasian Avars were a nomadic people of Eurasia who migrated into central and eastern Europe in the 6th century. ... Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) - a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, who became Turkified and later Slavicized over time. ... For the people of Central Asia see Bulgars Bulgar language is an extinct language commonly considered Turkic but more recently Indo-Iranian Bulgar, or bulgarish is Yiddish word for Romanian dance bugarească (means Bulgarian cf. ... The Dulo Clan or the House of Dulo was the name of the ruling dynasty of the early Bulgars. ... Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) - a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, who became Turkified and later Slavicized over time. ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... Kuban (Russian: ) is a region of Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between Ukraine and the Caucasus. ... // Overview Events The Roman-Persian Wars end. ...

The state of Onoguria was founded between ca. 585 and 587 by Kubrat (also Kurt or Kuvrat, explained as meaning "Wolf") who was of Bulgar maternal and Avar paternal lineage. His maternal uncle Organa was regent over his tribe while he grew up as a hostage in the Byzantine Empire. Events Famine in Gaul. ... Events End of the Nan Liang Dynasty in China. ... Khan Kubrat (632 - 651) THE NAME OF KHAN KUBRAT first appeared in Byzantine chronicles about 632 when his tribe, the Unogonduri, threw off the Turkic oppression. ... Very little is know about Organa. ... Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ...

Between 630 and 635, Kubrat united the Avars with the Bulgars. This powerful Khaganate spread on the territories of what is now Ukraine, and is most frequently referred to as Great Bulgaria. Its capital was in the city of Phanagoria. Events Muhammad captures Mecca (January). ... Events Saint Aidan founds Lindisfarne in Northumbria, England Nestorian China Births Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia (approximate date) 23 May - Chan Bahlum II, king of Palenque Deaths Categories: 635 ... KHAGAN, alternatively spelled Chagan, Qaqan etc, is a title of royal or imperial rank in Mongolian and Turkic languages. ... Ancient Greek colony on the penninsula between the Black Sea and the Azov, roughly on the site of modern Tmutarakan. ...

After Kubrat's death around 665, his son Batbayan was left in charge of the Khaganate, but it soon splintered. First, the Kotrags left to the Middle Volga (Volga Bulgaria), then rebel (Kouber) tribes seceded in Pannonia, while other Bulgars in that region sought refuge with the Lombards. Out of the turmoil, Asparukh (apparently the brother of the Khagan) emerged as the most prominent figure, leading his Bulgars out of the federation and south across the Danube to establish his state of Bulgaria there. Events Swithelm succeeded by Sighere and Sebbi as king(s) of Essex Seongnam renamed Hansanju. ... Khan Asparoukh (681 - 700) THEN CAME ACROSS THE DANUBE Ispenkli Khan. ... Kotrag Khan was the founder of Volga Bulgaria. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ... Volga Bulgaria or Volga-Kama Bolghar, is a historic state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers in what is now the Russian Federation. ... Khan Kouber (Кубер in Bulgarian) was a Bulgar leader from the 7th century who belonged to the same clan as the Danubian Bulgarian khan Asparukh - they both were sons of khan Kubrat. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Khan Asparukh or Khan Asparoukh or Khan Asparuh (Bulgarian: Аспарух) (d. ... The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian; Дунав/Dunav in Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ...

Little is known of what happened within Avar Onoguri between 685 and 791, but it is certain that reference to the area as Onoguria or Hungary continued among their western neighbours until the name stuck. Events Umayyad caliph Marwan I (684-685) succeeded by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685-705) Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as emperor of the Byzantine Empire Sussex attacks Kent, supporting Eadrics claim to the throne held by Hlothhere Pope Benedict II succeeded by Pope John V Cuthbert consecrated... Events The Avars invade Europe again, but are defeated by Charlemagne in 796. ...

Etymology

Variations of the name include: Onoghuria, Onoguri, Onoghuri, Onghur, Ongur, Onghuri, Onguri, Onghuria, Onguria, Onogundur, Unogundur, Unokundur, etc.

There are varying speculations as to the origin of the Onogur name.

• In modern language of Caucasian Avars Onoghuria, Onoguri, Onoghuri, Onghur, could mean "Uno" Ever "Guro" Lasting or Lasting for Ever

• Some derive it from Turkic words meaning "Ten Arrows" meaning a federation of ten tribes. In Turkic languages the sound "z" turns out to the sound "r" when you go westwards. Ogur/Oghur in the west means Oguz/Oghuz in the east. On is the number ten in Turkish. Onogur means "ten clans of Oguz/Oghuz".
• Others claim that it is from Unok-vndur, a people mentioned in Armenian sources.

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Other uses

According to some sources, seven Finno-Ugric speaking tribes, including the Magyars, joined three Khazar-Turkic speaking Kabar clans to form a confederation also known as "Ten Arrows" or Onoghur. The word "Hungarian" may derive from this name. Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ... Magyars are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. ... Language spoken by the medieval Khazar tribe. ... The Kabars (Gr. ...