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Hungarland

Hungarland proper noun: hungary (Magyarország).

Proper noun

Hungarland

  1. (archaic, rare) Hungary (Magyarország).
    • The gouernment of Hungarland was anciently spirituall & seculer, the spiritualty was gouerned by the Arch-Byshop of Strigonium (who were Chancellors os the Land) and of Colozza.1611, Giovanni Botero, Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Commonwealths
    • Considering that the surrounding text mentions imported fashions from other parts of Europe (France, Italy), it is possible that "Hungerland" should mean Hungary and the reference would be to a special kind of ribbon produced there.2009, Monica Matei-Chesnoiu, Early Modern Drama and the Eastern European Elsewhere

Forms of Hungarland

alternative formHungerland
alternative formUngerland

Origin of Hungarland

From Middle English *Hungerland, from Old English Hungerland, Ungerland (“Hungary”), equivalent to Hungar + land. Compare German Hungarland, Ungarland (“Hungary”), Icelandic Ungverjaland (“Hungary”).

Questions about Hungarland

What does Hungarland mean?
Hungarland means hungary (Magyarország).
What part of speech is Hungarland?
Hungarland is a proper noun.

Words near Hungarland in the dictionary

  1. Hungarization
  2. Hungarize
  3. Hungarized
  4. Hungarizes
  5. Hungarizing
  6. Hungarland
  7. Hungaro-
  8. Hungarocentric
  9. Hungarologist
  10. Hungarologists
  11. Hungarology

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