HORDE

'Horde', a term of Turkic origin meaning a clan of nomads (ultimately from the Turkic ''ordu'', ''orda'' meaning "encampment" ^[1], cf. ; ; ; cf. the related term ''yurt''), 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.
in popular culture:

★ Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, known colloquially in the West during the Cold War as the ''Red Horde''

★ Great Dark Horde, an independent fraternal group within the Society for Creative Anachronism

★ Evil Horde, a group of fictional characters in Masters of the Universe media

★ Horde (band), Australian musical group

★ Horde (software), a Web software programmers' framework

★ Horde (Warcraft), a faction in the fictional Warcraft universe

★ The Horde (video game), a 1994 action-strategy video game

★ Locust Horde, main enemies in the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War

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References

1. Merriam-Webster Online - ''horde'', Dictionary.com - ''horde''

See also

★ Hoard, in archaeology, a collection of artifacts purposely buried in the ground

★ H.O.R.D.E., a music festival in the United States