Hungary

[ huhng-guh-ree ]

noun

1. a republic in central Europe. 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). : Budapest.

Hungary

/ ˈhʌŋɡərɪ /

noun

1. a republic in central Europe: Magyars first unified under Saint Stephen, the first Hungarian king (1001–38); taken by the Hapsburgs from the Turks at the end of the 17th century; gained autonomy with the establishment of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867) and became a republic in 1918; passed under Communist control in 1949; a popular rising in 1956 was suppressed by Soviet troops; a multi-party democracy replaced Communism in 1989 after mass protests; joined the EU in 2004. It consists chiefly of the Middle Danube basin and plains. Official language: Hungarian. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: forint. Capital: Budapest Pop: 9 939 470 (2013 est). Area: 93 030 sq km (35 919 sq miles) Hungarian nameMagyarország

Hungary

1. Republic in central Europe , bordered by the former Czechoslovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and south, Yugoslavia and Croatia to the south, and Slovenia and Austria to the west. Its capital and largest city is Budapest .

Notes

Soviet troops invaded Hungary in 1956 to put down a revolution against the communist government.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, in which Austria and Hungary were equal partners, was established in 1867 and collapsed in World War I .

Hungary is a former Eastern Bloc country.

Hungary held multiparty free elections in October 1990, ending forty-two years of communist rule. In 1999, it joined NATO.

Example Sentences

The party’s rhetoric “is closer to authoritarian parties, such as AKP in Turkey and Fidesz in Hungary,” political scientist Anna Lührmann told Ingraham.

From Washington Post

He displays an intuitive affinity for leaders such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.

From Washington Post

Hungary lost its status as democracy in 2018 and Turkey in 2014.

From Time

Despite the agreed EU rollout date, some nations, including Germany and Hungary, already began administering vaccines on Saturday, local media reported.

From Fortune

As the tension between Hungary and the EU comes to a boil in 2021, Nagy will be in the middle of it.

From Ozy

Other communist countries that withdrew their films and delegates included East Germany, Cuba, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

From The Daily Beast

So if you were an East German, you could go to Hungary and then could go across to Austria, and from Austria into West Germany.

From The Daily Beast

Another factor was that Hungary had already become the first East European Communist country to tear down their wall.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps his reluctance stems from the fact that he has only tenuous connections to Hungary these days.

From The Daily Beast

If the law passes in Denmark, only Finland, Hungary and Sweden will remain lawless when it comes to Lassie.

From The Daily Beast

Nothing would please her more than to see Austria broken up into a number of little States and Hungary ruling the roost.

From Project Gutenberg

However, one must not build too much on that, but I have great hopes of Hungary and Austria coming out of the war.

From Project Gutenberg

Everything in the way of change can, I think, only be to the good of England, as Hungary has always been friendly to us.

From Project Gutenberg

The cheque can be drawn in favour of a person living in Hungary or a foreign country.

From Project Gutenberg

The alliance with the tyrant of Italy and Hungary "took from the war whatever made it sacred in the eyes of God and man."

From Project Gutenberg