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Austro-Hungarian

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Paul Antschel was born in 1920 in Czernowitz, the old capital of Bukovina, which was once Austro-Hungarian, then Romanian, now Ukrainian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In Friuli-Venezia Giulia, for example, Slavic and Austro-Hungarian influences show up in smoked meats, dumplings, and fermented flavors.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

The prince led a delegation of 120 Africans who travelled through the Austro-Hungarian empire and posed for six months in a show that was visited by up to 10,000 people a day.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

They say the Railway Authority's plan to dismantle this iconic industrial landmark – erected in 1902 during the heyday of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - is entirely unnecessary.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

Franz Ferdinand was to eventually inherit the Hapsburg crown from his eighty-three-year-old uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph, and he planned to give the Bosnian Serbs a greater voice in the Austro-Hungarian government.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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