Körös
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Körös is a Hungarian toponym with several meanings:
- Körös or CrişKörös RiverKörös is the name of a 195 km long river in eastern Hungary. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös and Fekete-Körös near Gyula. The Sebes-Körös flows into the Körös near Gyomaendrőd...
, a river that flows into TiszaTiszaThe Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range...
, was used for an archeological site of the Starcevo-KörösStarcevo-KörösThe Starčevo culture, also called Starčevo–Kőrös–Criş culture, is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, dating to the Neolithic period between c. 6200 and 5200 BCE....
culture - Hungarian name for Križevci, Croatia, was used for the historic Belovár-Körös county