Horde
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'''Horde''', a term of Turkic origin meaning a [[clan]] of [[nomads]] (ultimately from the [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] ''ordu'', ''orda'' meaning "encampment" <ref>Merriam-Webster Online - [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/horde ''horde''], Dictionary.com - [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/horde ''horde'']</ref>, cf. {{lang-tt|''Urda''}}; {{lang-mn|Ордын}}; {{lang-tr|''Ordu''}}; cf. the related term ''[[yurt]]''). 'Ordu' is also the word for 'Army' in [[Persian language|Persian ]] of Afghanistan.
'''Horde''' may refer to:
* the [[White Horde]], formed 1226.
* the [[Blue Horde]], formed 1227.
* the [[Golden Horde]], a Tatar-Mongol state established in the 1240s
* the [[Nogai Horde]], a Tatar clan situated in the Caucasus Mountain region, formed in the 1390s.
* [[Jüz]], the traditional divisions of Kazakh society, consisting of the Greater, Middle and Lesser Hordes.
Horde may also refer to:
* [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army]], known colloquially in the West during the Cold War as the ''Red Horde''
* [[Great Dark Horde]], an independent fraternal/sororal group within the Society for Creative Anachronism modeled on an idealized version of Mongol culture
* [[Evil Horde]], a group of fictional characters in ''Masters of the Universe'' media
* [[Horde (band)]], an unblack metal band
* [[The Golden Horde (band)]], a rock band
* [[Horde (software)]], a Web software programmers' framework
* [[The Horde (video game)|''The Horde'']], a 1994 action-strategy video game
* [[Locust Horde]], main enemies in the Xbox 360 video game ''Gears of War''
* [[Warcraft universe|Horde]], one of the factions in the [[Warcraft universe]].
* [[H.O.R.D.E.]], a music festival in the United States
==References==
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==See also==
* [[Urdu]], a Persianized register of the ''[[Khariboli]]'' language, takes its name from the same word.
*not to be confused with unrelated ''[[Hoard]]'' "treasure".
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