Veľké Blahovo

Veľké Blahovo (Hungarian: Nagyabony, Hungarian pronunciation:[’nɒɟɒboɲ]) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Until 1899 its Hungarian name was Nagy-Abony, then Nemesabony, but recently the Nagyabony form has come into usage. Its historical Slovakian name was Veľké Aboň) It is one of the oldest Hungarian settlements of the region. The village was first recorded in 1162 as terra Oboni. Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Dunaszerdahely district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovakian troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially...