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Well attestedNamed for a product of the place

coach

noun · first attested 16th century

The carriage is named for a village in Hungary.

A large carriage or bus; also a trainer of a team or student.

Another word

Kocs·Hungary

47.6067°N 18.2154°E · Q1011605

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Named for a product of the place
Confidence
Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
Attested
16th century
Part of speech
noun
Sources
Wiktionary: coachWikidata: Q1011605

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    Kocs

  2. In English

    coach

The entry

Hungarian Kocs produced a noted type of horse-drawn wagon. The village name traveled through German and French into English as coach, later extended to buses and to the person who trains you.

Hungary

3 more words from Hungary

All 4 entries
TokayThe dessert wine is named for a Hungarian town.TokajHungarian notationNamed for a programmer's birthplace, because the prefixed names looked foreign.HungaryEgerianThe Hungarian town famous for a wine called bull's blood also names a slice of geologic time.Eger
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Hungarian notationHungary, Hungary90 kmwienerVienna, Austria153 kmviennoiserieVienna, Austria153 kmWiener schnitzelVienna, Austria153 km