Budapest

[boo-duh-pest, boo-duh-pest; Hung. boo-do-pesht] Origin

Bu·da·pest

[boo-duh-pest, boo-duh-pest; Hung. boo-do-pesht]
noun
a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest). 2,070,966.
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Hun·ga·ry

[huhng-guh-ree]
noun
a republic in central Europe. 9,935,774; 35,926 sq. mi. (93,050 sq. km). Capital: Budapest.
Hungarian, Magyarország.

Hungary, hungry (see synonym note at hungry).
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Budapest (ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst, Hungarian ˈbudɔpɛʃt)
 
n
the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)

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Budapest
Hungarian capital, formed 1872 from merger of two cities on opposite shores of the Danube, Buda (probably from a word originally meaning "water") + Pest, a Slavic name meaning "furnace, oven, cove" (cf. Rus. pech').
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Budapest [(booh-duh-pest, booh-duh-pesht)]

Capital of Hungary and largest city in the country, located in north-central Hungary on both banks of the Danube River; the industrial, cultural, and transportation center of Hungary.

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