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Mag·yar

(măg′yär′, mäg′-, mä′dyär′)

1. A member of the principal ethnic group of Hungary.

2. See Hungarian.

[Hungarian.]

Mag′yar adj.

Magyar

(ˈmæɡjɑː)

npl -yars

1. (Peoples) a member of the predominant ethnic group of Hungary, also found in NW Siberia

2. (Peoples) the Hungarian language

adj

3. (Peoples) of or relating to the Magyars or their language

4. (Languages) of or relating to the Magyars or their language

5. (Knitting & Sewing) sewing of or relating to a style of sleeve cut in one piece with the bodice

Hun•gar•i•an

(hʌŋˈgɛər i ən)

n.

1. a native or inhabitant of Hungary.

a. a member of the ethnic group that comprises the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Hungary, and a significant minority in Transylvania, Slovakia, and adjacent parts of Yugoslavia.

b. the Finno-Ugric language of this group.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to Hungary or its inhabitants.

4. of or pertaining to the Hungarians as an ethnic group, or to the language Hungarian.

[1545–55]

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Noun	1.	Magyar - a native or inhabitant of Hungary Hungarian Hungary, Magyarorszag, Republic of Hungary - a republic in central Europe European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
	2.	Magyar - the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages Hungarian Ugrian, Ugric - one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia
Adj.	1.	Magyar - relating to or characteristic of Hungary; "Hungarian folk music" Hungarian

Translations

Magyar

[ˈmægjɑːʳ]

A. ADJ → magiar

B. N → magiar mf

Magyar

adj → madjarisch, magyarisch

n → Madjar(in) m(f), → Magyar(in) m(f)

References in classic literature ?

They were peasants, Croat or Magyar, with broad, blunt visages and blinking eyes.

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In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and North.

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In less than a century, from the early to the late 1800s, the ethnic allegiance of Buda and Pest dwellers underwent a process of radical rearrangement that favoured the Magyar side.

The Once and Future Budapest

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