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Torna (Slovak:Turňa,Latin andHungarian:Torna, German:Tornau) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of theKingdom of Hungary. It was located in present-day southeasternSlovakia and northernHungary; today Turňa is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory in Slovakia.
The initially large county was one of the original counties in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was gradually reduced to a territory corresponding to a small territory around theTurňa River (Hungarian:Torna-patak). The capital of the county wasTurňa Castle (Hungarian:Tornai vár), later the town ofTurňa nad Bodvou (Hungarian:Torna).
From 1785 to 1790, 1848–1859, and ultimately in 1882 it was merged with the countyAbov to form the countyAbaúj-Torna (Abov-Turňa).