Harghita
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian Harghita, from Hungarian Hargita.
Proper noun
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, 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.
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Harghita
See also
- (counties of Romania) județele României; Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Brăila, București, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea (Category: ro:Counties of Romania) [edit]