Greater Hungary () is the name of a political ideal,[citation needed] which stands as an interest goal of certain Hungarian nationalists.[citation needed] It was formerly the colloquial name for the territory of Kingdom of Hungary prior to 1918. After the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, between the two World Wars, the general political aim of Hungarian leaders was to regain pre-war borders[citation needed] or to enlarge Hungary's existing borders as much as strategically feasible. After World War II, Hungarian leaders shied away from this policy,[citation needed] and today it persists as the stated political goal of more marginal factions.[citation needed] The Treaty of Trianon defined the borders of the new independent Hungary and, compared against the claims of the pre-war Kingdom, new Hungary h