Huns - Huns (English spelling)

Japanese: フン族 - フンぞく（英語表記）Huns

A nomadic horse-riding people who lived in the steppes of Central Asia. They are said to be a branch of the Xiongnu.
In 375, some of them marched west along the north coast of the Black Sea to attack the Ostrogoths, defeating the Visigoths and causing the Great Migration of the Germanic peoples. They reached the height of their power under Attila in the 5th century, but were defeated by the combined forces of the Western Roman Empire and Germanic tribes at the Battle of Catalaun, and retreated to the upper reaches of the Danube River. The name Hungary (Hungaria) comes from them. After Attila's death, Hungary was dissolved and destroyed due to internal conflicts and rebellions by the peoples under its control.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

中央アジアのステップ地帯に住んでいた遊牧騎馬民族。匈奴 (きようど) の一派ともいわれる
375年その一部が黒海北岸を西進して東ゴート族を討ち，西ゴート族を破ってゲルマン民族大移動の原因をつくった。５世紀アッティラのとき全盛となったが，西ローマ帝国軍とゲルマン諸族の連合軍にカタラウヌムの戦いで敗れ，ドナウ川上流域に後退した。ハンガリー（フンガリア）の名称は彼らに由来する。アッティラの死後，内紛と支配下の民族の反乱により解体・滅亡した。

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