Magyars

Magyars are an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. In English they are sometimes called Hungarians.

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Ethnic group - Hungary

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The word Hungarian has also a wider meaning, because – especially in the past – it referred to all inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary irrespective of their ethnicity (i.e. not only to the Magyars). Specifically, the Latin term natio hungarica referred to all nobles of the Kingdom of Hungary irrespective of their ethnicity.

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Kingdom of Hungary - Latin

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There are around 10 million Magyars in Hungary (2001). Magyars have been the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed through most of the second millennium. Following its disappearance with the Treaty of Trianon, Magyars have become minority inhabitants of Romania (official: 1,440,000; see: Hungarian minority in Romania), Slovakia (520,500), Serbia and Montenegro (293,000; largely in Vojvodina), Ukraine and Russia (170,000), Austria (70,000), Croatia (16,500), the Czech Republic (14,600) and Slovenia (10,000). Significant groups of people with Magyar ancestry live in various other parts of the world (e.g. 1,400,000 in the United States), but unlike the Magyars living within the former Kingdom of Hungary, only a minority of these preserves the Hungarian language and tradition.

Related Topics:
Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary - Treaty of Trianon - Romania - Hungarian minority in Romania - Slovakia - Serbia and Montenegro - Vojvodina - Ukraine - Russia - Austria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Slovenia - United States

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There was a referendum in Hungary in December 2004 on whether to grant Hungarian citizenship to Magyars living outside Hungary's borders (i.e., without requiring a permanent residence in Hungary). The referendum failed due to insufficient participation on the part of the population.

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