Ulus

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Ulus means "nation" or "people" in various Mongolic and Turkic languages.

The Oirats, Crimean Khanate, and other Turkic nations used the term for their political division (districts).

The word may refer to:

Places
  • Ulus, Bartın, a district in Bartin Province, Turkey
  • Ulus, Ankara, an important quarter in central Ankara, Turkey
  • Ulus, an upscale neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mukhsha Ulus, a subdivision of the Golden Horde corresponding to modern Mordovia, Penza Oblast, and Tambov Oblast of Russia
Other
  • Ulus of Jochi, or Jochid Ulus, a name for the Golden Horde
  • Ulus, an administrative division of the Sakha Republic, Russia; equivalent to districts
  • Ulus, an inhabited locality type in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
  • Ulu, an Inuit woman's all-purpose knife
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