The Palóc are an ethnic minority group in north-east Hungary. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
Although their origins are unclear, the Palóc seem to be the descendants of the Khazar, Kabar, Pechenegs and Cuman tribes. "Kazar" redirects here for the Marvel Comics character see Ka-Zar; for the village in Azerbaijan see Xəzər. The Kabars (Gr Kabaroi or Kavars were a Turkic tribal confederation who lived in the vicinity of Poltava in the 9th century. The Pechenegs or Patzinaks ( Turkish: Peçenekler, Hungarian: Besenyő, Greek: Patzinaki/Petsenegi or Πατζινάκοι/Πετσενέγοι/Πατζινακίται Cumans (Кумани Byzantine: Kuman or Cuman, Kunok Turkic: Kumanlar) were a nomadic Turkic people who inhabited a The Cumans, who were called Polovtsy in Slav sources, which later became Palóc. Although similar to the Magyars in origins and culture, they were considered distinct groups by the Turks. The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language
The first written record of the word "palóc" as the name of a people appears in the Mezőkövesd register in 1784. Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county Northern Hungary. The writings of Kálmán Mikszáth gave new prominence to the people in 1882 with his work The Good People of Palóc. Kálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó ( January 16, 1847 &mdash May 28, 1910) was a major Hungarian novelist journalist and politician
The Palóc village of Hollókő was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Hollókő ( is a Palóc Ethnographic Village in Hungary, part of the World Heritage. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex
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