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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • King of Hungary (997?–1038). Considered the founder of the Hungarian state, he maintained strong ties with the Roman Catholic Church, advocated the building of churches and abbeys, and organized a standing army.

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  • Saint Stephen I, the patron saint of Hungary and its first king, in Komarno, a Slovak town near the Hungarian border which has a population of over 60 percent ethnic Hungarians.

    EUobserver.com - Headline News 2010

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