Ajak_(Hungary)

Ajak (Hungary)

Ajak (Hungary)

Place in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary

Ajak is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

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At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in the village.[3] In 1910, 83 Jews lived in the village. Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.[4]

Etymology

The name of the town is of uncertain origin. It may come from a personal name. This personal name can come from the Turkish word ajaq ('leg'), or the old Hungarian aj ('opening'). Another possibility is that it was named from a fishpond called Ajakas-tó due to it having one course.[5]

Geography

It covers an area of 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)[1] and has a population of 3952 people (2002).

Birth Place of

Laszlo Szekely, planter and writer who was married to Madelon Szekely – Lulofs.

References

  1. [1]
    "Helységnévkönyv adattár". Retrieved 25 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  3. [3]
    Hungarian Jewish census
  4. [4]
    Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  5. [5]
    Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.


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