or DEBREZIN, a city of Hungary, in the province of Farther Theis, and the capital of the circle of Sarreth. Next to Pest, it is the most considerable place in the kingdom. It is an ill-built open town, containing one Catholic, two reformed, and two Greek churches, several hospitals and monasteries, and 3000 houses, with about 40,000 inhabitants. These find employment in various manufactures, of woollen cloth, iron and steel articles, leather, mineral alkali, tobacco, earthenware, and other coarse goods, for the supply of the country. There is a college for the Protestants, with seven professors, 550 students, and a library consisting of 20,000 volumes. There is also a Catholic gymnasium and free grammar school. It is 165 miles east-south-east from Vienna. Long. 21. 31. 5. E. Lat. 47. 31. 40. N.