The Cumans (Turkish: kuman/plural kumanlar ; ; , , , , Polovtsy; , Polovtsi; , Czech: Plavci, , German: Falones, Phalagi, Valvi, Valewen, Valani) were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many sought asylum in Hungary, many Cumans having settled in Hungary and Bulgaria before the invasion.