Etymology

Sathmar Swabian

Today it means: A member or descendant of the ethnic German (Swabian) community in Sathmar (Satu Mare), a region now mostly in Rumania with a small part in Hungary. Full definition →

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From Sathmar (“Satu Mare”) + Swabian. Unlike other Danube Swabians, the Sathmar Swabians were primarily from Swabia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.