Where The Huns Ancient Nomads Before They Got The Name "Huns" from the Europeans? ?

Question

Or were they called something else before?

Answer 1

The first nucleus of the Huns was probably the poopulation called  Xiongnu (匈奴) a Mongolian ethnic group defeated by Han Chinese in the battle of lake of Barkol in year 150 . They, at first, escaped to the lower steppe of Kangju (current Turkistan City in Kazakhstan) were they mixed with local Turkic and other local populations along the silk road. This culturally and ethnically mixed population made the nucleus of the Huns.

They were Asian nomads