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name = Nitra Region Name used in the default map caption; image = Nitra Region - outline map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" image1 = Nitra Region - physical map.png An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; image2 = Nitra Region - background map.png
The first mention of Nitra dates back to the 9th century. The name of the city is derived from the Nitra River. The name is Indo-European, but the question of its pre-Slavic or Slavic origin has not been satisfactorily answered. Nitra might be derived from the old Indo-European root neit-, nit-'to cut' or 'to burn' using the derivational ...
The largest towns are Nitra, Komárno, Nové Zámky and Levice. According to the 2001 census, there were 713,422 inhabitants in the region, with a majority of Slovaks (68.3%), but there is a numerous Hungarian minority (27.6%) in the southern districts, forming a majority in the Komárno District (72%) and there are small minorities of Czechs ...
Nitra is the current name of the capital. Nyitra County ( Hungarian : Nyitra vármegye ; German: Neutraer Gespanschaft/Komitat Neutra ; Latin : Comitatus Nitriensis ; Slovak : Nitriansky komitát / Nitrianska stolica / Nitrianska župa ) was an administrative county ( comitatus ) of the Kingdom of Hungary .
The river Nitra passes through the towns of Bojnice, Topoľčany, Nitra and Nové Zámky. It is 166 km (103 mi) long and its basin size is 4,501 km 2 (1,738 sq mi). [1]: 72 The old branch of the Nitra, Stará Nitra, branches off near Nové Zámky and flows into the Váh close to its confluence with the Danube in Komárno. [1]: 85
The Principality of Nitra [1] [2] [3] (Slovak: Nitrianske kniežatstvo, Nitriansko, Nitrava, lit. 'Duchy of Nitra, Nitravia, Nitrava'; Hungarian: Nyitrai Fejedelemség), also known as the Duchy of Nitra, [4] [5] was a West Slavic polity encompassing a group of settlements that developed in the 9th century around Nitra, in present-day Slovakia.
Nitra District (Slovak: okres Nitra) is a district in the Nitra Region of western Slovakia. It is the second most populated of Slovakia's 79 districts, after Prešov District. Before 1996 the present-day district belonged to the West-Slovak region (Západoslovenský kraj). It is named after the city of Nitra, its main economy and cultural center.
The village was first recorded in 1156 by its Hungarian name as villa Kesceu. In the 16th century, it became the estate of the Báthory-family , which is reflected by its name. Until the end of World War I , the village was part of Hungary and fell within the Párkány district of Esztergom .