Orbán

proper noun

A surname from Hungarian.

OriginHungarian Orbán →
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Meanings

proper nounOrbán (plural Orbáns)

plural Orbáns

  1. A surname from Hungarian.

    The Orbans were the Kennedys of Hungarian hockey, such as it was, and they would soon get their Chappaquiddick.

    2004, Julian Rubinstein, Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 113

Origin

  1. HungarianOrbán
  2. EnglishOrbán

Borrowed from Hungarian Orbán.

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APA

Orbán. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orb%C3%A1n

MLA

“Orbán.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orb%C3%A1n. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Orbán,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Orb%C3%A1n.

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