SINCE 1828
Ephthalite
noun
Eph·tha·lite
| \ˈefthəˌlīt\
variants:
or less commonly
Hephthalite
\ ˈhe-
\
plural -s
Definition of Ephthalite
: a member of the western branch of the Yueh-chi-Tocharians that ruled Russian Turkestan and northwest India in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D.
— called also
White Hun
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