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Harghita
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English
+ Mountains
+ County
Etymology
en ro Harghita, from en hu Hargita.
Proper noun
en A volcanic <<mountain range>> in central <<c/Romania>>, part of the Eastern Carpathians.
en Harghita Mountains
en county in central c/Romania.
en 1990-11-12 Celestine Bohlen Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe w:The New York Times section A 1 https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/12/world/evolution-in-europe-ethnic-rivalries-revive-in-east-europe.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250531141405/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/12/world/evolution-in-europe-ethnic-rivalries-revive-in-east-europe.html 31 May 2025
Translations
mountain range in central Romania
Hungarian: hu Hargita
Romanian: ro Harghita
county in central Romania
Hungarian: hu Hargita
Romanian: ro Harghita
Romanian
ro:Județul +
thumb|ro Localizarea județului Harghita în România
Etymology
ro :der hu:Hargita + 1
Pronunciation
ro /harˈɡita/
ro Ro-Harghita.ogg
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Harghita.wav
Proper noun
ro proper noun
ro county c/Romania Harghita
See also