Magyar
['mæɡjɑ:]
Definition
(n.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian.
(n.) The language of the Magyars.
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Examples
- The Magyar is a language belonging to the Finno-Ugrian division of the Ural-Altaic tongues. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Though they were Christianized, they retained their own Turko-Finnic language (Magyar), and they retain it to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He said there were Croats in the lines opposite us now and some Magyars. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Magyars were on the Volga about 550. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Magyars, the modern Hungarians, came westward later. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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