Harghita

Borrowed from Romanian Harghita, from Hungarian Hargita.

Harghita

1. A volcanic mountain range in central Romania, part of the Eastern Carpathians.

   Synonym: Harghita Mountains

2. A county in central Romania.
   • 1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times‎^[1], section A, page 1:

     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.

From Hungarian Hargita.

• IPA^(key): /harˈɡita/

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Harghita

1. Harghita (a county of Romania)