Harghita

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Harghita, from Hungarian Hargita.

Proper noun

Harghita

1. A volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.

   Synonym: Harghita Mountains

2. 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

mountain range in central Romania

• Hungarian: Hargita (hu)
• Romanian: Harghita

county in central Romania

• Hungarian: Hargita (hu)
• Romanian: Harghita

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian Hargita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /harˈɡita/

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Proper noun

Harghita

1. Harghita (a county of Romania)

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]}