Bucharest

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Bucharest

  • /ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Russian Бухаре́ст (Buxarést), from Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix).

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Romania.
  2. The capital and largest city of Ilfov County, Romania.
  3. metonymically The Romanian government. In Romania the acrimonious deliberations over the commercial treaty with Germany prevented Bucharest from considering official participation at Leipzig before 1935.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bucuresti, budapest, romania, romanian, minerva, albatros, bucarest, bucureşti, eminescu, humanitas, politica, romane, rumania, univers, timișoara, alba iulia

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name capital city of Romania

EspañolBucarest
한국어부쿠레슈티 Bukuresyuti
日本語ブカレスト Bukaresuto
中文布加勒斯特 Bùjiālèsītè
हिन्दीबुख़ारेस्ट buxāresṭ
PortuguêsBucareste
FrançaisBucarest
DeutschBukarest
ItalianoBucarest
ΕλληνικάΒουκουρέστι Voukourésti
RomânăBucurești
РусскийБухаре́ст Buxarést
Tiếng ViệtBu-ca-rét
العربيةبُوخَارِسْت būḵārest
עבריתבּוּקָרֶשְׂט bukarest

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@misc{bucharest_2026,
  title = {Bucharest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bucharest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}