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Swabian Turkey

Swabian Turkey proper noun: a region of southwestern Hungary inhabited by an ethnic German minority who settled there, beginning in the late 1600s after the land was conquered from the Ottoman Empire, from the Palatinate, Hesse, Swabia, Bavaria and elsewhere.

Proper noun

Swabian Turkey

  1. A region of southwestern Hungary inhabited by an ethnic German minority who settled there, beginning in the late 1600s after the land was conquered from the Ottoman Empire, from the Palatinate, Hesse, Swabia, Bavaria and elsewhere.

Origin of Swabian Turkey

Because the region had previously been controlled by Turks, and some of the settlers were Swabians.

Questions about Swabian Turkey

What does Swabian Turkey mean?
Swabian Turkey means a region of southwestern Hungary inhabited by an ethnic German minority who settled there, beginning in the late 1600s after the land was conquered from the Ottoman Empire, from the Palatinate, Hesse, Swabia, Bavaria and elsewhere.
What part of speech is Swabian Turkey?
Swabian Turkey is a proper noun.

Words near Swabian Turkey in the dictionary

  1. Swabeys
  2. swabful
  3. swabfuls
  4. Swabia
  5. Swabian
  6. Swabian Turkey
  7. Swabianness
  8. Swabians
  9. Swabish
  10. Swabishes
  11. swabs

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