The
Pannonian Avars also known as the
Obri (in
Ruthenian chronicles), the
Abaroi and
Varchonitai (Warhonits) (in
Byzantine sources), and the
"Pseudo-Avars" and
Varchonites (by the
Göktürks), were a group of
Eurasian nomads of unknown origins, during the early
Middle Ages. The name Pannonian Avars (after
the area in which they eventually settled), is used to distinguish them from the
Avars of the Caucasus – who may have been an unrelated people.