Kocs | |
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 Aerial view | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Komárom-Esztergom county in Hungary | |
  Kocs Location of Kocs | |
| Coordinates: 47°36′24″N 18°12′55″E / 47.60668°N 18.21536°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Region | Central Transdanubia |
| County | Komárom-Esztergom |
| District | Tata |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.32 km2 (22.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 2,519 |
| • Density | 43.07/km2 (111.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2898 |
| Area code | 34 |
| Motorways | M1 |
| Distance from Budapest | 76.3 km (47.4 mi) East |
Kocs (Hungarian: [kot͡ʃ]) is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary. It lies west of Tata and 65 km (40 mi) north-west of Budapest. A site of horse-drawn vehicle manufacture from the 1400s, the name is the source of the word coach[1] and its equivalent in other languages such as: Czech kočár, Slovak koč, German Kutsche, Dutch koets, Catalan cotxe, Italian cocchio, Spanish, Portuguese, and French coche, Scandinavian kusk, and Serbian кочија (kočija).
- ^ "Coach". Oxford English Dictionary (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. 1933.