- hungary
- hun·ga·ry
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Hungary — • History of the country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hungary Hungary † Cathol … Catholic encyclopedia
HUNGARY — HUNGARY, state in S.E. Central Europe. Middle Ages to the Ottoman Conquest Archaeological evidence indicates the existence of Jews in Pannonia and Dacia, who came there in the wake of the Roman legions. Jewish historical tradition, however, only… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hungary — Hungary is a country of Eastern Europe that, following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, became part of the Ottoman Empire until its conquest by Austria in 1687, when the crown of Hungary fell to the Habsburgs. The Hungarian nobility strived to… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Hungary — Hun ga*ry, n. A country in Central Europe, formerly a part of the Austro Hungarian Empire. [1913 Webster +PJC] {Hungary water}, a distilled water, made from dilute alcohol aromatized with rosemary flowers, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hungary — mid 15c., probably lit. land of the Huns, who ruled a vast territory from there under Attila in the Dark Ages; from M.L. Hungaria, from Medieval Gk. Oungroi, the name applied to the people whose name for themselves we transliterate as Magyars.… … Etymology dictionary
Hungary — [huŋ′gə rē] country in SC Europe: 35,911 sq mi (93,009 sq km); pop. 10,375,000; cap. Budapest: Hung. name MAGYARORSZÁG … English World dictionary
Hungary — /hung geuh ree/, n. a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Cap.: Budapest. Hungarian, Magyarország. * * * Hungary Introduction Hungary Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro Hungarian Empire, which… … Universalium
Hungary — This article is about the European country. For other uses, see Hungary (disambiguation). Republic of Hungary Magyar Köztársaság … Wikipedia
Hungary — The last phase of the Final Solution occurred in Hungary between 15 May and 9 July 1944. During these months, the Germans deported 437,402 Jews to the death camps. The number of Jews in Hungary at the time of the deportations numbered some 762 … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Hungary — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Hungary <p></p> Background: <p></p> Hungary became a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 and for many centuries served as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion in… … The World Factbook
Hungary — Estimated Gypsy population: 750,000. Gypsies may have reached Hungary by 1316, but the first certain reference to Gypsies refers to musicians who played on the island of Czepel for Queen Beatrice in 1489. However, others certainly passed… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
