Talk:Magyars/@comment-217.237.188.27-20180814210345/@comment-27810937-20180827122852

Maybe because when ordinary people hear "Hungarians", they only think about a small country in Central Europe. While in Medieval times, Hungarian Kingdom used to possess much larger territory. So they pick the alternate name to make people associate this civ with the Medieval one, but the name is still familiar enough for international audience. Like Franks instead of French, Britons instead of English / British, etc.