Meanings
- A volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.
Synonyms: Harghita Mountains
- A county in central Romania.
1 more example
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 for the police be replaced by the Hungarian word.
1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.
Origin
- HungarianHargita
- RomanianHarghita
- EnglishHarghita
Borrowed from Romanian Harghita, from Hungarian Hargita.
More words from Romanian, Hungarian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hungarian Hargita, Hargita
- Hargitacounty in central Romania
- Hargitamountain range in central Romania
Romanian Harghita, Harghita
- Harghitacounty in central Romania
- Harghitamountain range in central Romania
Cite this entry
Harghita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harghita
“Harghita.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harghita. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Harghita,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harghita.
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