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From: Denis Beauregard< >
Subject: Re: Magyar kings to Attila the Hun
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 02:53:01 GMT


(Doug Holmes) wrote:
(Doug Holmes) écrivait:

>At 19:26 21.6.1998 +0000, Denis Beauregard wrote:
>> (Doug Holmes) wrote:
>> (Doug Holmes) écrivait:
>>>
>>>Can anyone describe this supposed connection via the Magyar kings to
>>>Attila? I've never seen such an attempt.
>>
>>Quite simple. Attila was a HUN. And this is the same HUN as
>>in HUNgry.
>
>This is the point in which your statement has no value. HUN in Hungary does
>not equal Hun from Attila.
>Some reading of history will help clarify this for you.

I read a little about that, tonite.

In the 400s, Attila the Hun settled the area of Hungary (actually
not the same border). He more or less retired there.

In the 800s, the Magyars, also from Asia, invaded the same area.
So, modern Hungarians are probably descendants of the Magyar.
But the name could be derived from the Hun (I have no evidence
of that so far, just beginning my search). However, those
Magyar are likely the ancestors of later Kings of Hungary.
Why was this called Hungary and not Magyary is probably a matter
of geography, not of demographics... An opinion...

Denis

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