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[huhng-guh-ree] 
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–noun
| a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Capital: Budapest. |
Hungarian, Magyarország.
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Hun·ga·ry (hŭng'gə-rē)  (click for larger image in new window) 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 Hapsburg 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. Population: 9,960,000. |
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Hungary
Hun"ga*ry\, n. A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Hungary
Republic in central Europe, bordered by the former Czechoslovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and south, Yugoslavia and Croatia to the south, and Slovenia and Austria to the west. Its capital and largest city is Budapest.
Note: Hungary is a former Eastern Bloc country.
Note: The Austro-Hungarian Empire, in which Austria and Hungary were equal partners, was established in 1867 and collapsed in World War I.
Note: Soviet troops invaded Hungary in 1956 to put down a revolution against the communist government.
Note: Hungary held multiparty free elections in October 1990, ending forty-two years of communist rule. In 1999, it joined NATO.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Hungary
1450, from M.L. Hungaria, from Medieval Gk. Oungroi, Ger. Ungarn, names applied to the Magyars.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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