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Austria-Hungary
[ aw-stree-uh-huhng-guh-ree ]
noun
- a monarchy (1867–1918) in central Europe that included the empire of Austria, the kingdom of Hungary, and various crown lands.
Austria-Hungary
noun
- the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ٰ-ܲ··· [aw-strohhuhng-, gair, -ee-, uh, n], adjective noun
Example Sentences
The third of four children born to immigrants from Austria-Hungary, Negra expressed no qualms about entering the service.
Austria-Hungary, determined to hold its rickety empire together, suspected Russia of deliberately encouraging unrest.
The glaciers played a role as a front in World War I between Austria-Hungary and Italy, when Austro-Hungarian soldiers bore tunnels deep into the ice.
World War One destroyed Austria-Hungary and ushered in an age of instability as Poles, Ukrainians, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany fought for control of the city.
The Glass family, born Glahs, was intensely French and specifically Parisian, precisely because they were born in Austria-Hungary, now Poland.
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