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From: Enike <>
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] What is a Hegy?
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:36:32 -0400 (EDT)


Dear Joe:

I speak the language and it's quite acceptable to use hegy to refer to a
large hill. Also, I just referenced my keziszotar (Magay-Orszagh) and it
also says the same. Domb, in my experience, is usually used to refer to
small hills.

Hope I've helped.

Eni

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Joseph M. Nemeth wrote:

> "Hill" in Hungarian is "Domb" or "halom"
>
> Enike wrote:
>
> > It means mountain or hill.
> >
> > Eni
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: von Hitritz, Steve <>
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [HUNGARY-L] What is a Hegy?
> > > Date: 19 June 1998 - Friday 11:31
> > >
> > > Could someone translate for me what Hegy or Hegy. Means? My
> > grandmother
> > > was born in Croatia in 1875 in a town called Studeno-Hegy. I have
> > found
> > > Studeno on the Adriatic coast south of Dubrovnik, but still can't
> > figure
> > > out what Hegy means.
> > >
> > > Steve von Hitritz
>
>
>

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