Austria-Hungary

American  

[aw-stree-uh-huhng-guh-ree] / ˈɔ stri əˈhʌŋ gə ri /

noun

1. a monarchy (1867–1918) in central Europe that included the empire of Austria, the kingdom of Hungary, and various crown lands.

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Austria-Hungary British  

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

• Austro-Hungarian adjective

Example Sentences

By contrast, the German Reich was unfortunate in its ally Austria-Hungary during World War I; one observer likened it to “being chained to a rotting corpse.”

From The Wall Street Journal

More recently members were simply removed, such as the leaders of Britain's opponents in the First World War, Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary.

From BBC

Born in Austria-Hungary, Wilder struggled to break into Germany’s silent film industry while working as a paid dancer for hire.

From Los Angeles Times

The third of four children born to immigrants from Austria-Hungary, Negra expressed no qualms about entering the service.

From Seattle Times

Germany’s chief ally was Austria-Hungary, an unwieldy empire of several major religions and numerous languages and nationalities, including large numbers of Serbs who wanted to break away from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and declare their independence.

From Literature