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Kipchak (Turkic people)

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Topical headingKipchak (Turkic people)
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Variant(s)Coman (Turkic people)
Cuman (Turkic people)
Kipchak
Kuman (Turkic people)
Polovtsi (Turkic people)
Polovtsy (Turkic people)
Qipchak (Turkic people)
Qipchaq (Turkic people)
See alsoEthnology--Asia
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Turkic peoples
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Found inWeb. 3 (Kipchak)
Britannica Micro: v. 5, p. 828 (Kipchak, Turkish name for tribal confederation called Polovtsy by the Russians and Kumanoi or Cumans by the Byzantines)
Britannica 14: v. 13, p. 506 (Kumans, a Turkish people known also under the names of Kipchak and Polovtsy; Komanoi or Kumanoi in Greek; Comani or Cumani in Latin sources)
Wikipedia, accessed February 10, 2023: Kipchaks ("The Kipchaks or Qipchaks, also known as Kipchak Turks or Polovtsians, were a Turkic nomadic people and confederation that existed in the Middle Ages, inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe")
Wiktionary, accessed February 10, 2023: Qipchaq (Qipchaq; Alternative form of Kipchak)