MODERN, or Modor, a city of the circle of Presburg, in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary. It stands at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, and has a Catholic and a Lutheran church, and a lyceum for the latter sect. It contains 592 houses, and 4573 inhabitants, who make some good woollen cloths. It is situated in longitude 17. 11. 57. E. and latitude 48. 20. 14. N.