Tisza

American

[ti-so] / ˈtɪ sɒ /

noun

a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1,290 km) long.

Tisza British

/ ˈtisɔ /

noun

Slavonic and Romanian name: Tisa. a river in S central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing west, forming part of the border between Ukraine and Romania, then southwest across Hungary into Serbia to join the Danube north of Belgrade

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Orban, Hungary's nationalist leader, has been in office for 16 years, but with parliamentary elections on 12 April, Magyar's centre-right Tisza party is at least eight points ahead in the latest opinion poll by Hungary's Idea Institute.

From BBC

Trains and flights were also experiencing delays, while authorities reported drift ice on the Danube and the Tisza rivers, where icebreakers have been put on alert.

From Barron's

Mr Puzser, the opposition activist, believes Tisza will win "sooner or later".

From BBC

But his opponents hope that Tisza, and Magyar, can maintain their polling lead.

From BBC

The Tisza party now also has about two million supporters.

From BBC

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