shēˈu̇ŋˈnü noun
( plural hsiung-nu )
Usage: usually capitalized H&N
Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) hsiung 1 nu 2 , from hsiung 1 cruel, fierce + nu 2 slave, servant
: an ancient horse-using people related to or identical with the Huns, including the Jung and Ti peoples of Chinese history, and recorded in Chinese annals as being a powerful nation and in the 3d century B.C. occupying all the country between the Caspian sea and the Great Wall and dominating much of Mongolia