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a monarchy (1867–1918) in central Europe that included the empire of Austria, the kingdom of Hungary, and various crown lands.
Contemporary Examples

But it also opens outward to offer a sharp look at the fatal codes of honor dominating the austro-hungarian military caste system.
The Kaffeehaus Canon George Prochnik December 30, 2010

When my father was born, it was part of the austro-hungarian empire.
Elie Wiesel’s Great Regret Jonathan Mahler April 18, 2009

Historical Examples

In that pamphlet he boldly declared that the break-up of the austro-hungarian Empire was a necessity.
Bolshevism: A Curse & Danger to the Workers Henry William Lee

Were they aware that anything had happened in the austro-hungarian navy?
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein

This decline was general, though relatively the greatest in the austro-hungarian and the Roumanian immigration.
Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Samuel Joseph

The austro-hungarian action against Servia seems to have failed.
Current History, A Monthly Magazine New York Times

In consequence the austro-hungarian troops were able on the 22d of June to take the works on the northwest and west fronts.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

But the Germans were powerless in the austro-hungarian economic departments.
The Iron Ration George Abel Schreiner

He had already destroyed, in imagination, the worn-out machinery of the austro-hungarian Monarchy.
My Own Affairs Louise, Princess of Belgium

This may be all true, and yet the austro-hungarian federalism is a valuable thing.
Handbook of Home Rule (1887) W. E. Gladstone et al.

adjective
of or relating to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)
noun
the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I