Herencsény is a village and municipality in the comitat of
Nógrád
Nógrád ( sk, Novohrad; german: Neuburg) is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary
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Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
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Etymology
The name is of Slavic origin and comes from
Slovak ''Chrěnčany'' ("chren" - horseradish).
See also
etymology of Hriňová.
References
Populated places in Nógrád County
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