or DEMETZIN, a royal free city of Hungary and, after Pesth, the largest in the kingdom, is situated in a sandy plain 114 miles E. of Pesth, with which it is connected by a railway. It is the capital of the county of Bihar. Debreczyn is an ill-built straggling town, with houses almost all of one story and thatched, while the streets are unpaved and dirty. Among its principal buildings are the town-hall, several churches, monasteries, and hospitals, the orphan asylum, and the Protestant College. This last has a library of 20,000 volumes, and is attended by upwards of 2000 students. Debreczyn has also a Piarist college, a Roman Catholic gymnasium, and other schools. The manufactures are considerable, including tobacco pipes, shoes, leather, coarse woollen cloth, soap, combs, cutlery, furs, and coopers' and turned wares. Pop. 63,000, mostly Magyars and Calvinists. An extensive fair for agricultural and other produce is held here every three months.