how to pronounce курган

/kʊrˈɡan/

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курган is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of курган in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… остальном пенза тоже курган вот это …”

meanings of курган

name:

Kurgan (a city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in Siberia, Russia); originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (1662-1782).

noun:

Kurgan.

курган frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word курган occurs in russian on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.