a large town of the circle of Pest, in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary. It is in the middle of an extensive heath, between the Danube and the Theiss, and contains one reformed and four Catholic churches, three colleges, a Franciscan convent, a military academy, 3000 houses, and 24,862 inhabitants, who carry on considerable trade in internal productions. Long. 19. 37. 6. E. Lat. 46. 54. 29. N.