Name
Further information: Name of HungaryThe exonym "Hungarian" is thought to be derived from the Bulgar-Turkic On-Ogur (meaning "ten" Ogurs), which was the name of the Utigur Bulgar tribal confederacy that ruled the eastern parts of Hungary after the Avars, and prior to the arrival of Magyars. The Hungarians must have belonged to the Onogur tribal alliance and it is quite possible they became its ethnic majority. In the Early Middle Ages the Hungarians had many different names, such as "Ungar" or "Hungarus".
The Hungarian people refer to themselves by the denomination "Magyar", and not the term "Hungarian", which is only used by non-Hungarians.
The "H-" prefix is an addition in Medieval Latin. The medieval Kingdom of Hungary was known in Latin as either Regnum Hungariae or as Regnum Ungariae.
The Hungarian endonym is Magyar. There are several theories about the origin and meaning of the word "Magyar".
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