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Hungary

Hun·ga·ry

 (hŭng′gə-rē)
A country of central Europe. The area was successively under Roman, Hunnish, Gothic, and Slavic rule before being conquered by Magyars in the late ninth century. Saint Stephen converted them to Christianity and subsequently established the first Hungarian state c. 997. Ruled by the Ottoman Turks after 1526, it later passed to Habsburg control, under which it became part of Austria-Hungary in 1867. In 1918 it achieved independence again. A Communist regime was established in 1949 and was replaced in 1989 by a democratic republic. Budapest is the capital and the largest city.
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Hungary

(ˈhʌŋɡərɪ)
n
(Placename) a republic in central Europe: Magyars first unified under Saint Stephen, the first Hungarian king (1001–38); taken by the Hapsburgs from the Turks at the end of the 17th century; gained autonomy with the establishment of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867) and became a republic in 1918; passed under Communist control in 1949; a popular rising in 1956 was suppressed by Soviet troops; a multi-party democracy replaced Communism in 1989 after mass protests; joined the EU in 2004. It consists chiefly of the Middle Danube basin and plains. Official language: Hungarian. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: forint. Capital: Budapest Pop: 9 939 470 (2013 est). Area: 93 030 sq km (35 919 sq miles). Hungarian name: Magyarország
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Hun•ga•ry

(ˈhʌŋ gə ri)

n.
a republic in central Europe. 10,186,372; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Hungary - a republic in central EuropeHungary - a republic in central Europe  
Budapest, capital of Hungary, Hungarian capital - capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary
Balaton, Lake Balaton, Plattensee - a large shallow lake in western Hungary
Danau, Danube, Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube"
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
Hungarian, Magyar - a native or inhabitant of Hungary
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Translations
Maďarsko
Ungarn
HungarioHungarujo
Ungari
Unkari
MađarskaMadžarska
Magyarország
Hongaria
ハンガリー
헝가리
Ungaria
Madžarska
Ungern
ประเทศฮังการี
nước Hungary

Hungary

[ˈhʌŋgərɪ] NHungría f
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Hungary

[ˈhʌŋgəri] nHongrie f
in Hungary → en Hongrie
to Hungary → en Hongrie
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Hungary

nUngarn nt
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Hungary

[ˈhʌŋgərɪ] nUngheria
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Hungary

الـمَجَرُ Maďarsko Ungarn Ungarn Ουγγαρία Hungría Unkari Hongrie Mađarska Ungheria ハンガリー 헝가리 Hongarije Ungarn Węgry Hungria Венгрия Ungern ประเทศฮังการี Macaristan nước Hungary 匈牙利
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She is away at some wonderful baths in Hungary or Bohemia (I don't remember which)--and where she will go, or what she will do next, it is perfectly impossible to say.--Dear Mrs.
My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall be no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to speak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was going I would go with a good will."
The political deadlock between Austria and Hungary shuts out any immediate hope of a happier life for the telephone in those countries; but in Russia there has recently been a change in policy that may open up a new era.
For sport, you might fish in Norway or Iceland, or shoot in Hungary; you could run to a yacht if you cared about it, and if you fancy big game, why, there's all Africa before you."
One thing is certain, that la Esmeralda had come to France while still very young, by way of Hungary. From all these countries the young girl had brought back fragments of queer jargons, songs, and strange ideas, which made her language as motley as her costume, half Parisian, half African.
Here fluttered many an outland pennon, bearing symbol and blazonry from the banks of the Danube, the wilds of Lithuania and the mountain strongholds of Hungary; for chivalry was of no clime and of no race, nor was any land so wild that the fame and name of the prince had not sounded through it from border to border.
On May 21, 1905 A.D., when war threatened between Austria and Italy, the socialists of Italy, Austria, and Hungary held a conference at Trieste, and threatened a general strike of the workingmen of both countries in case war was declared.
"Precisely," said the count; "six years since I bought a horse in Hungary remarkable for its swiftness.
When we bear in mind that Britain has now hardly one peculiar mammal, and France but few distinct from those of Germany and conversely, and so with Hungary, Spain, &c., but that each of these kingdoms possesses several peculiar breeds of cattle, sheep, &c., we must admit that many domestic breeds have originated in Europe; for whence could they have been derived, as these several countries do not possess a number of peculiar species as distinct parent-stocks?
And so, for a whole year, he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting the dainty Delhi muslins, finely wrought with gold-thread palmates and stitched over with iridescent beetles' wings; the Dacca gauzes, that from their transparency are known in the East as "woven air," and "running water," and "evening dew"; strange figured cloths from Java; elaborate yellow Chinese hangings; books bound in tawny satins or fair blue silks and wrought with fleurs-de-lis, birds and images; veils of lacis worked in Hungary point; Sicilian brocades and stiff Spanish velvets; Georgian work, with its gilt coins, and Japanese Foukousas, with their green-toned golds and their marvellously plumaged birds.
There are thousands of them in Hungary and Transylvania, who are almost outside all law.
"I have come across Moravians and Lollards in Bohemia and Hungary," said Genestas.

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