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Hungarian

Pronunciation: /hʌŋˈgɛːrɪən/
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Definition of Hungarian

adjective

  • relating to Hungary, its people, or their language.

noun

  • 1a native or inhabitant of Hungary, or a person of Hungarian descent.
  • 2 [mass noun] the official language of Hungary, spoken also by some 2.5 million people in Romania. Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language and is the only major language of the Ugric branch. Also called Magyar.

Origin:

from medieval Latin Hungarī (a name given to the Hungarians, who called themselves the Magyar) + -an

Hungarian in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Hungarian in the US English dictionary