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Eastern Europe
, showing the area of main Pecheneg settlement, c.1015.
The
Pechenegs
or
Patzinaks
(
Turkish
:
Pecenekler
,
Hungarian
:
Beseny?
,
Greek
:
Patzinaki/Petsenegi
or
Πατζιν?κοι/Πετσεν?γοι/Πατζινακ?ται
,
Latin
:
Pacinacae, Bisseni
/in Hungarian diplomas) were a
semi-nomadic
Turkic
people of the
Central Asian
steppes speaking the
Pecheneg language
which belonged to the
Turkic language family
. In 1766 Pechenegs are mentioned in
Pecs
and Surroundings.
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