Kisasszond ( hr, Gospodince) is a village in
Somogy county,
Hungary
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Etymology
According to the local legends its name came from the nuns of the monastery that stood there in the Middle Ages. Others state that it got its name from ''Katalin Bethlen'' who was the owner of Kisasszond and died as a young girl. The older version of the name of the settlement was ''Kisasszonyfalva'' ( en, Mistress village). The church of Kisasszond was dedicated to
Holy Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
. ''Kisasszony'' ( en, Mistress) is one of her
titles
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which got a suffix ''-d'' like many other settlements in Hungary.
History
According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.
László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
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External links
Street map (Hungarian)
References
Populated places in Somogy County
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