Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Hungary or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Hungary.
- noun A person of Hungarian ancestry.
- noun The Finno-Ugric language of the Magyars that is the official language of Hungary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to Hungary, a country and kingdom in central Europe, in the valley of the middle Danube, or to its inhabitants; Magyar.
- Freebooting; thievish; begging. “In a cant use found in old plays, the word apparently contains a double allusion to the freebooters of Hungary, that once infested the continent of Europe, and to the word hungry.”
- noun A native of Hungary, or a member of the Hungarian race; a Magyar. See
Magyar . - noun A freebooter; a thievish beggar.
- noun The language spoken by the Hungarians, belonging to the Finnic family of languages; Magyar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Hungary or to the people of Hungary.
- adjective See Italian millet, under
Millet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, from, or pertaining to present-day
Hungary , the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.
- noun A person from present-day
Hungary or of ethnic Hungarian descent. - noun A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.
- proper noun The main language of Hungary.
- proper noun uncountable, computing, informal
Hungarian notation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of Hungary
- noun the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages
- noun a native or inhabitant of Hungary
Etymologies
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Examples
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Illes, commenting to reporters during a tour of the affected villages and the damaged reservoir, confirmed that the red sludge stored in Hungarian reservoirs had not been treated to reduce its alkalinity.
Hungary Toxic Sludge: Cracked Reservoir Wall Will Inevitably Collapse AP 2010
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Illes, commenting to reporters during a tour of the affected villages and the damaged reservoir, confirmed that the red sludge stored in Hungarian reservoirs had not been treated to reduce its alkalinity.
Hungary Toxic Sludge: Cracked Reservoir Wall Will Inevitably Collapse AP 2010
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He says that someone in the previous posts had said something to the effect of (he paraphrases): Magyar (the family that Hungarian is the only surviving member of) being different from everything around it.
Monday taliakit 2009
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The German Catholic news site kathnews reports that the Hungarian Bishops 'Conference has disposed that the new corrected translation of the words of consecration for the chalice "pro multis" - "for many" - in Hungarian "sokakért" - is to be applied in Hungarian dioceses from Pentecost onwards.
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Hungarian is one of the few in Europe that is * not*.
Monday taliakit 2009
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As mentioned by Blogs Bolivia [es], the blog is mostly written in Hungarian, but includes some interviews in Spanish [es] as well as English.
Global Voices in English » Bolivia: Piecing Together the Life of an Accused Terrorist 2009
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Hungarian is an Uralic language, which uses an extensive case system to eliminate many prepositions (i.e. noun ending tells you whether it is moving away from you, towards you, or the like).
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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Hopefully, the peacefulness of Pride Parade 2009 will become a good tradition and the tolerance in Hungarian society to queer people will grow to the level that no fences will be needed in the future.
Global Voices in English » Hungary: Budapest Gay Pride Parade Protected 2009
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[…] It's hard to believe, but the first round of court proceedings against the Hungarian Guard (Magyar Gárda in Hungarian) is finally over.
Global Voices in English » Hungary: The Hungarian Guard Banned 2009
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Make Room! in Hungarian, this was my first HH book, and I loved it!
Stainless Steel Art (4) « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009
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