Hungary
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- Names
Magyarország
Magyar Köztársaság
Hungary
Hongrie
Hongarije
Hungría
Hungria
Ungheria
HUN
HU
ISO348
HU00
Magyar Népköztársaság
Hungarian People's Republic
Republic of Hungary
Hungarian
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- Agriculture developed by 4th mill. BCE; part of Roman Pannonia and Dacia, inhabited by Illyrians and Celts; held by Avars 7th-9th century, then Charlemagne; Finno-Ugrian Magyars invaded, defeated by Otto I 955; held by Mongols and Turks; Austria-Hungary formed 1867; official language is Magyar (Hungarian), though German, Slovak, Romanian and other languages are also spoken.
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- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1989); Britannica Book of the Year (1990); Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's French Dictionary (1981); Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Engels Woordenboek (1987); ISO Country Codes (1996)...
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