Hūn, n.

[Lat. Hunni, also Huni, Chunni, and Chuni, Gr. Οὖννοι, A-S. Hune, Hunas, pl., O. H. Ger. Huni, sing. & pl., N. H. Ger. Hunnen, whence M. H. Ger. hiune, hûne, heune, L. Ger. hüne, H. Ger. heune, a giant. The Huns are first mentioned by the Chinese, in the third century before Christ, under the name of Hiong-nu.] One of the Scythians who conquered Pannonia, and gave it its present name, Hungary.