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Magyar
Member of the largest ethnic group in Hungary, comprising 92% of the population. Most are Roman Catholic. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic group.
Magyars are of mixed Ugric and Turkic origin, and were originally nomadic peoples living in the region between the Volga and the Ural Mountains. They arrived in Hungary towards the end of the 9th century when they displaced the resident Huns and Slavs. Defeated in the 10th century, they settled and adopted Christianity. They were ruled by the Turks in the 16th and 17th centuries and then by the Hapsburgs, under whom they gained autonomy in 1867. They became independent in 1918.
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