Határos

Határos is a Hungarian adjective meaning “bordering” or “adjacent to a border.” It is typically used to describe places, regions, or entities that share a boundary with another political unit, such as a country, county, or administrative region. The word is formed from határ (border) with the adjectival suffix -os, and appears in expressions such as határos terület, határos megye, határos ország. In everyday Hungarian, határos is most common in geographic or administrative contexts.

Usage of határos often appears in discussions of borders, cross-border cooperation, and regional planning. It can describe both a spatial relationship and a political one, for example a territory that lies along a national boundary or a county that borders another country. The form is used with various governing nouns, including terület (area), megye (county), és ország (country).

Examples: Ez a város Ausztriával határos. This town borders Austria. A határos megyék közös fejlesztési programokat dolgoznak ki. The border-adjacent counties develop joint development programs. A határos területek felmérése és a határ menti együttműködés gyakori téma a regionális politikában. Bordering areas are often the focus of cross-border cooperation initiatives.

See also: határ, határ menti, határon túli. Határos primarily appears in geographic or administrative contexts and is distinct from related terms that describe different kinds of border relationships.