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Harghita

Harghita proper noun: a volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.

Proper noun

Harghita

  1. A volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.
    Synonyms:
    Harghita Mountains
  2. A county in central Romania.
    • Romanians are in the majority in the region, but not in certain pockets – such as the county of Harghita, where Hungarians make up 85 percent of the population. […] In M[i]ercurea-Ciuc, capital of Harghita, Hungarians in June demonstrated outside the police station, demanding that the Romanian word...1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1

Synonyms of Harghita

  • Harghita Mountains

Origin of Harghita

Borrowed from Romanian Harghita, from Hungarian Hargita.

Questions about Harghita

What does Harghita mean?
Harghita means a volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.
What part of speech is Harghita?
Harghita is a proper noun.

Words near Harghita in the dictionary

  1. Hargeisa
  2. Harger
  3. Hargers
  4. Hargett
  5. Hargetts
  6. Harghita
  7. Hargie
  8. Hargitay
  9. Hargitays
  10. Hargood
  11. Hargrave

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