English Explanatory Dictionary

Hajnal line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An imaginary line drawn between Saint Petersburg in Russia and Trieste in Italy, sometimes thought to divide Europe into two areas characterized by different levels of nuptiality, with lower marriage and fertility rates to the west, and higher rates to the east.

Word forms

Hajnal line the Hajnal line

Etymology

Proposed in 1965 by John Hajnal.

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