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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hungary \Hun"ga*ry\, n. A country in Central Europe, formerly a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Hungary water, a distilled ``water,'' made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from Medieval Latin Hungaria (also source of French Hongrie), probably literally meaning "land of the Huns," who ruled a vast territory from there under Attila in 5c. The people's name for themselves we transliterate as Magyar. Middle English uses the same words for both Attila's people and the Magyars, who appeared in Europe in 9c. From the same source as Medieval Greek Oungroi, German Ungarn, Russian Vengriya, Ukrainian Ugorshchina. The Turkish name for the country, Macaristan, reflects the indigenous name. Related: Hungarian.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Hungary (; ) is a parliamentary constitutional republic in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, Slovenia to the west, Austria to the northwest, and Ukraine to the northeast. The country's capital and largest city is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and the Schengen Area. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken non- Indo-European language in Europe.
Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts, Romans, Huns, Slavs, Gepids and Avars, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th-century by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád in the Honfoglalás ("homeland-conquest"). His great-grandson Stephen I ascended to the throne in 1000 CE, converting the country to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century, Hungary became a middle power within the Western world, reaching a golden age by the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526 and about 150 years of partial Ottoman occupation (1541–1699), Hungary came under Habsburg rule, and later formed a significant part of the Austro–Hungarian Empire (1867–1918).
Hungary's current borders were first established by the Treaty of Trianon (1920) after World War I, when the country lost 71% of its territory, 58% of its population, and 32% of ethnic Hungarians. Following the interwar period, Hungary joined the Axis Powers in World War II, suffering significant damage and casualties. Hungary came under the influence of the Soviet Union, which contributed to the establishment of a four-decade-long communist dictatorship (1947–1989). The country gained widespread international attention regarding the Revolution of 1956 and the seminal opening of its previously-restricted border with Austria in 1989, which accelerated the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.
On 23 October 1989, Hungary again became a democratic parliamentary republic, and today has a high-income economy with a very high Human Development Index.
Hungary is a popular tourist destination attracting 10.675 million tourists a year (2013). It is home to the largest thermal water cave system, the second-largest thermal lake in the world ( Lake Hévíz), the largest lake in Central Europe ( Lake Balaton), and the largest natural grasslands in Europe (the Hortobágy National Park).
In European elections, Hungary is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of Hungary.
Hungary is a country in Central Europe.
Hungary may also refer to:
- Hungary (European Parliament constituency)
- Historical entities:
- Principality of Hungary ("Duchy of Hungary") (895–1000)
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Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1918)
- Kingdom of Hungary in the High Middle Ages (1000–1301)
- Kingdom of Hungary in the Late Middle Ages (1301–1526)
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Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1526–1570)
- Ottoman Hungary (1541–1699)
- Royal Hungary (1541–1867)
- Austria-Hungary ("Austro-Hungarian Empire") (1867–1918)
- Hungarian Democratic Republic ("Hungarian People's Republic") (1918–1919), an unrecognised rump state
- Hungarian Soviet Republic ("Hungarian Republic of Councils") (1919)
- Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
- Kingdom of Hungary ("Regency") (1920–1946)
- Second Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)
- Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
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Hungary ("Third Hungarian Republic") (1989–present)
- Republic of Hungary (1989–2012), the former formal name of the current country
- Hungary, (2012–present), the current formal name
- Greater Hungary (disambiguation)
Usage examples of "hungary".
The city of Mursa, or Essek, celebrated in modern times for a bridge of boats, five miles in length, over the River Drave, and the adjacent morasses, has been always considered as a place of importance in the wars of Hungary.
The Hungarians, who ambitiously insert the name of Attila among their native kings, may affirm with truth that the hordes, which were subject to his uncle Roas, or Rugilas, had formed their encampments within the limits of modern Hungary, in a fertile country, which liberally supplied the wants of a nation of hunters and shepherds.
He had been in communication with King Bela of Hungary and Tzar Ivan Asen II of the Bulgarian Empire.
Pope, King Bela of Hungary, Tsar Ivan Asen of Bulgaria, and I got together and crowned Henryk King of Central Christendom.
IAI, in southern Europe and Hungary, bauxite is most often found in pockets.
After I left Hungary, a broken man, I took up again the study of the black arts, to trap you, you cringing serpent!
Avars, the outer one enclosing the entire realm of Hungary, the inner ones growing successively smaller, the innermost being the central fortification within which dwelt the Chagan, with his palace and his treasures.
The emperor was not a little alarmed by a revolution at the Ottoman porte, until the new sultan despatched a chiaus to Vienna, with an assurance that he would give no assistance to the malcontents of Hungary.
Christ, we even had emergency procedures to exfiltrate him out of Hungary if his cover was blown.
Austria is hard at work in the Roman direction, and finds her chief obstacle to success in Hungary, with the Magyars whose feudalism retains almost the full vigor of the Middle Ages.
Yet the spirit of the nation was humbled, and the most accessible passes of Hungary were fortified with a ditch and rampart.
Thus the territories under Russian control would include the Baltic provinces, all of Germany to the occupational line, all Czechoslovakia, a large part of Austria, the whole of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, until Greece in her present tottering condition is reached.
A pinch of Greek powder in the lantern, and for the rest a device I learned among the tinklers in Hungary when some of us gentleman-cavaliers had to take to the hills and forests for a season.
Janos Hunyadi, voivode of Transylvania and later ruler of all Hungary, would have found these waters bitter to his taste indeed.
In September a treaty had been concluded at Worms between his Britannic majesty, the king of Sardinia, and the queen of Hungary.