Nagyvárosból

Nagyvárosból is a Hungarian phrase meaning “from the big city.” It is the ablative form of the compound noun nagyváros, built from nagy (big) and város (city). The suffix -ból marks origin or starting point, so nagyvárosból denotes origin from a big city.

The expression is used to indicate where someone or something comes from, either in a literal geographical sense or in a figurative, contextual sense. It commonly appears with verbs of origin or movement, such as érkezik (arrives), származik (originates), vagy hozza (brings). For example, “A kutatások nagyvárosból származó adatokat használnak” translates to “The research uses data originating from the big city,” and “Nagyvárosból érkezett hír” means “news arriving from the big city.”

In discourse, nagyvárosból can convey contrasts between urban and rural or smaller-town origins, often highlighting differences in perspective, resources, or cultural background. It is also used in journalism, sociology, and literary narration to specify the source of people, information, or stimuli.

Related forms and variants include phrases formed with ugyanilyen ablativus forms for other places (e.g., faluból from a village, országból from a country). As a grammatical construction, nagyvárosból is a standard example of Hungarian ablative case used to express “from” with place names.