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Holy Crown of Hungary The Holy Right Turul, the Hungarian mythical symbol Old Hungarian script, the ancient Hungarian writing system. The national symbols of Hungary are flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Hungary or Hungarian culture. The highly valued special Hungarian ...
The Hungarian language word turul meant one kind of falcon and the origin of the word is currently thought to be most likely Turkic (Clauson 1972: 472. [1]) (Róna-Tas et al. 2011:2: 954-56) [2]), which is the language of origin of over 10% of words in modern Hungarian lexicon and the exonym "Hungarian" and the word "Hun".
Malayan tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris [41] Mongolia: Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [42] [43] Nepal: Cow (national animal) Bos indicus [44] Himalayan monal (national bird) Lophophorus impejanus Nicaragua: Turquoise-browed motmot (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa [45] Pakistan: Markhor (national animal) Capra falconeri [46]
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The ancestors of this dog came into the Carpathian Basin with the nomadic Hungarian tribes. [7] Hungarian Puli - small shepherd dog [8] Hungarian Komondor - a very large livestock guardian and shepherd dog, was brought to Hungary a thousand years ago by nomadic Magyars. [9] Hungarian Kuvasz - large shepherd dog. Hungarian Pumi - small shepherd dog.
Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird. Additionally, the list includes birds that were once official but are no longer, as well as birds recognized as national symbols or for other symbolic roles.
There are specifically Hungarian breeds of domestic animals which are seen as national symbols in Hungary: Long-horn Hungarian Grey Cattle - Hungarian breed, traditionally kept in the open full year. Nowadays, they are raised for infant food due to natural, healthy meat. Dogs A female Vizsla
It is also the third fastest animal in the world overall after the peregrine falcon and the golden eagle, with all three species capable of executing high speed dives known as "stooping", approaching 300 km/h (190 mph). [3] The saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia.