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HUNGARIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages
Synonyms:
Hungarian; Magyar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Hungarian" is a kind of...):
Ugrian; Ugric (one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Hungary
Synonyms:
Hungarian; Magyar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hungarian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Hungarian" is a member of...):
Hungary; Magyarorszag; Republic of Hungary (a republic in central Europe)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of Hungary
Example:
Hungarian folk music
Synonyms:
Hungarian; Magyar
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Hungary (a republic in central Europe)
Derivation:
Hungary (a republic in central Europe)
Context examples:
In old days there were stirring times, when the Austrian and the Hungarian came up in hordes, and the patriots went out to meet them—men and women, the aged and the children too—and waited their coming on the rocks above the passes, that they might sweep destruction on them with their artificial avalanches.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
