Ságvár ( la, Tricciana) is a village in
Somogy county,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
.
Etymology
According to the local legends the settlement was named after a
pasha
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...
called ''Ság'' who had a castle there. Researchers agree that ''Ság'' was a
Kabar
The Kabars ( el, Κάβαροι), also known as Qavars (Qabars) or Khavars were Khazar rebels who joined the Magyar confederation possibly in the 9th century as well as the Rus' Khaganate.
Sources
The Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII is the ...
or
Hungarian person name which could be the name of its first owner. The word ''ság'' meant in old
Hungarian ''domb'' ( en, hill) or ''erdős magaslat'' ( en, wooded heights). ''Vár'' ( en, castle) refers to the traces of a Roman castle in Ságvár.
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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