• Hungerland

The first element is derived fromLatinUngaria(“Hungary”) orUngarī(“Hungarians”), or else is an unattested Old English word meaning “a Hungarian,” from the same source. Other country names contain similar first elements, as inSwēoland(“Sweden”, literally“Swede land”) andFrancland(“France”, literally“Frank land”); see also the prefixAngel-.

The second element island(“land, country”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈun.ɡerˌlɑnd/,[ˈuŋ.ɡerˌlɑnd]

Ungerland n

1. Hungary (a historicalkingdom inCentral Europe, occupying a larger area than modernHungary)

Stronga-stem:

• Ungrie

• Middle English:Hungerland
  • English:Hungarland,Hungerland

• Joseph Bosworth,T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Hungerland”, inAn Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford:Oxford University Press.