Hungary, the name in English for the European country, is an exonym derived from the Medieval Latin Hungaria. The Latin name itself derives from the ethnonyms Hun, for the Huns who had settled in the land today known as Hungary prior to the Avars, and On-Ogur ("Ten Arrows" or "Ten Tribes" in Oghuric) for the Hungarian tribal federation that conquered the land in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Hungary, the name in English for the European country, is an exonym derived from the Medieval Latin Hungaria. The Latin name itself derives from the ethnonyms Hun, for the Huns who had settled in the land today known as Hungary prior to the Avars, and On-Ogur ("Ten Arrows" or "Ten Tribes" in Oghuric) for the Hungarian tribal federation that conquered the land in the 9th and 10th centuries.
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