Nagykunság

{{Short description|Historical Cuman region of central Hungary}}

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Nagykunság ("Greater Cumania", {{langx|la|Cumania Major}}){{cite news|url = http://lexikon.katolikus.hu/J/J%C3%A1szkun%20Ker%C3%BClet.html|title=Jászkun Kerület|publisher=Magyar Katolikus Lexikon }} is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county between Szolnok and Debrecen. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the Cumans, a nomadic tribe of pagan Kipchaks that settled the area. Its territory is 1,196 km2.

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Category:Historical regions in Hungary

Category:Historical regions in the Kingdom of Hungary

Category:Cumans

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