Thursday, November 3, 2022

Names of Countries in Hungarian

The names of countries in Hungarian are often quite different from those of other languages. A number of the names of countries in Hungarian end with the word ország. It means country in Hungarian.

The names of most countries in Hungarian do not end with the word ország. To illustrate, the names of Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Japan, Mexico and Switzerland are Argentina, Ausztrália, Kanada, Kina, Dánia, Egyiptom, Anglia, Japán, Mexikó and Svájc.

Eighteen countries have names which end with ország. Here is the list:

Csehország Czech Republic
Észak-Írország Northern Ireland
Észtország Estonia
Finnország Finland
Franciaország France
Görögország Greece
Horvátország Croatia
Írország Ireland
Lengyelország Poland
Lettország Latvia
Magyarország Hungary
Németország Germany
Olaszország Italy
Oroszország Russia
Örményország Armenia
Spanyolország Spain
Svédország Sweden
Törökország Turkey

Most of the countries with the word ország are part of Europe. Russia and Turkey are Eurasian countries, and though Armenia and Georgia are geographically part of Asia, Armenians and Georgians  consider themselves Europeans. The word ország is also added to the Hungarian word for Hungary, Magyarország .

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