Meanings
- A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.
Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said.
2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Medieval LatinHungaria
- Old EnglishHungerie
- Middle EnglishHungary
- EnglishHungary
From Middle English Hungary, Hungrye, Hungry, from Old English Hungerie from Medieval Latin Hungaria. Doublet of Hungaria.
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Afrikaans Hongarye
- Hongaryethe country
Arabic الْمَجَر m or الْمَجْر, هُنْغَارِيَا
- الْمَجَر m or الْمَجْر (al-majar)the country
- هُنْغَارِيَا (hunḡāriyā)the country
Basque Hungaria
- Hungariathe country
Bengali হাঙ্গেরি, মজারিস্তান
- হাঙ্গেরি (haṅgeri)the country
- মজারিস্তান (mojaristan)the country
Bulgarian Унга́рия
- Унга́рия (Ungárija)the country
Catalan Hongria
- Hongriathe country
Chinese Cantonese 匈牙利
- 匈牙利 (hung¹ ngaa⁴ lei⁶)the country
Chinese Mandarin 匈牙利
- 匈牙利 (Xiōngyálì)the country
Czech Maďarsko, Uhry
- Maďarskothe country
- Uhrythe country
Danish Ungarn
- Ungarnthe country
Dutch Hongarije
- Hongarijethe country
Esperanto Hungario, Hungarujo
- Hungariothe country
- Hungarujothe country
Estonian Ungari
- Ungarithe country
Finnish Unkari
- Unkarithe country
French Hongrie
- Hongriethe country
German Ungarn
- Ungarnthe country
Greek Ουγγαρία
- Ουγγαρία (Oungaría)the country
Hawaiian Hunakalia
- Hunakaliathe country
Hebrew הוּנְגַּרְיָה
- הוּנְגַּרְיָה (hungarya)the country
Hindi मजारिस्तान, हंगरी
- मजारिस्तान (majāristān)the country
- हंगरी (haṅgrī)the country
Hungarian Magyarország
- Magyarországthe country
Icelandic Ungverjaland
- Ungverjalandthe country
Indonesian Hongaria, Hungaria
- Hongariathe country
- Hungariathe country
Irish An Ungáir
- An Ungáirthe country
Italian Ungheria
- Ungheriathe country
Japanese ハンガリー
- ハンガリー (Hangarī)the country
Korean 헝가리, 마쟈르
- 헝가리 (Heonggari)the country
- 마쟈르 (Majareu)the country
- 웽그리아 (Wenggeuria)the country
- 홍아리 (Hong'ari)the country
Latin Hungaria
- Hungariathe country
Latvian Ungārija
- Ungārijathe country
Lithuanian Vengrija
- Vengrijathe country
Malay Hungary
- Hungarythe country
Māori Hanekari
- Hanekarithe country
Norwegian Bokmål Ungarn
- Ungarnthe country
Polish Węgry
- Węgrythe country
Portuguese Hungria
- Hungriathe country
Punjabi ਹੰਗਰੀ
- ਹੰਗਰੀ (haṅgrī)the country
Romanian Ungaria
- Ungariathe country
Russian Ве́нгрия
- Ве́нгрия (Véngrija)the country
Scottish Gaelic an Ungair
- an Ungairthe country
Slovak Maďarsko, Uhorsko
- Maďarskothe country
- Uhorskothe country
Spanish Hungría
- Hungríathe country
Swedish Ungern
- Ungernthe country
Tagalog Ungriya, Unggarya
- Ungriyathe country
- Unggaryathe country
Tamil அங்கேரி, ஹங்கேரி
- அங்கேரி (aṅkēri)the country
- ஹங்கேரி (haṅkēri)the country
Thai ฮังการี
- ฮังการี (hang-gaa-rîi)the country
Turkish Macaristan
- Macaristanthe country
Ukrainian Уго́рщина, Мадя́рщина
- Уго́рщина (Uhórščyna)the country
- Мадя́рщина (Madjárščyna)the country
Urdu مَجارِسْتان, ہَن٘گَری
- مَجارِسْتان (majāristān)the country
- ہَن٘گَری (haṅgarī)the country
Vietnamese Hung-ga-ri, Hung Gia Lợi
- Hung-ga-rithe country
- Hung Gia Lợithe country
Welsh Hwngari
- Hwngarithe country
Yiddish אונגאַרן, אונגערן
- אונגאַרן (ungarn)the country
- אונגערן (ungern)the country
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Cite this entry
Hungary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungary
“Hungary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hungary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungary.
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