járás
Pronunciation: [ˈjaːraːʃ]
“járás” is a Hungarian word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- gait, (some kind of) walking (the way a person or an animal walks)
- walk (distance measured by the time required by walking)
- working, operation (of a machine, especially of a clock)
- movement, -wise (referring to the hour hand, i.e. clockwise or counter-clockwise)
- course (of stars, i.e. their trajectory)
- district (a low-level administrative division especially outside the capital city, a local administrative unit, comparable to a subregion, a municipality, or a community)
- the way something moves, proceeds, progresses, varies, or changes
- going to a place for some purpose
- a festivity involving procession
Etymology
From jár (“to walk, go”) + -ás (noun-forming suffix).
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