Hont

Hont is a toponym used in Central Europe, especially in Hungary and Slovakia. It appears in historical and modern geographic names and is associated with a number of settlements and regions in the area.

Historically, Hont referred to a county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Hont County existed in the medieval period and into early modern times, with borders that shifted over centuries. The core of its territory was in the region that today straddles northern Hungary and southern Slovakia.

In contemporary geography, the name Hont is found in several localities and in geographic descriptors across the region. It survives in municipal names and in the names of geographic features, reflecting the long-standing regional identity of the Hont area.

Etymology and origin of the name are uncertain; scholars generally trace it to historic Hungarian or broader Central European toponymic roots.