Harghita
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Romanian Harghita, from Hungarian Hargita.
Proper noun
[edit]Harghita
- A volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.
- Synonym: Harghita Mountains
- A county in central Romania.
- 1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times[1], section A, page 1:
- Romanians are in the majority in the region, but not in certain pockets – such as the county of Harghita, where Hungarians make up 85 percent of the population. […] In M[i]ercurea-Ciuc, capital of Harghita, Hungarians in June demonstrated outside the police station, demanding that the Romanian word for the police be replaced by the Hungarian word.
Translations
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[edit]Harghita
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- English terms borrowed from Romanian
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- en:Mountains
- en:Places in Romania
- en:Harghita County, Romania
- en:Counties of Romania
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- ro:Harghita County, Romania
- ro:Counties of Romania
- ro:Places in Romania