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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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