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Buda

/ˈbuːdə/

Buda proper noun: the historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

Proper noun (1)

Buda

  1. (historical) The historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
  2. The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the western side of the Danube.
    • On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest.2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

Proper noun (2)

Buda

  1. A hamlet in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
  2. A neighborhood and island of Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium.
  3. A commune and village in Călărași district, Moldova.
  4. A village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
  5. A commune and village in Buzău County, Romania.
  6. a large number of villages in Romania.
  7. A left tributary of the Argeș River, Romania.
  8. A tributary of the Șoimeni River, Cluj County, Romania.
  9. A tributary of the Cernu River, Bacău County, Romania.
  10. A village in Novoselytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.
  11. A village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States.

Proper noun (3)

IPA/ˈbjuːdə/

Buda

  1. A city in Hays County, Texas, United States.

Origin of Buda

From Hungarian Buda, probably borrowed from a Slavic personal name, though an alternative theory deriving the term from Proto-Slavic *voda (“water”) as a translation of Latin Aquincum, via aqua (“water”), is also popular. The folk etymology connecting the word to Bleda, the brother of Attila the Hun, is historically implausible.

Borrowed from Hungarian Buda

From Spanish viuda (“widow”).

Words that rhyme with Buda

Questions about Buda

What does Buda mean?
Buda means the historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
What part of speech is Buda?
Buda is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Buda?
Buda is pronounced /ˈbuːdə/.

Words near Buda in the dictionary

  1. bud out
  2. bud tender
  3. bud tenders
  4. bud up
  5. bud-bud-ding-ding
  6. Buda
  7. Buda-Kashalyova
  8. Buda-Pest
  9. Budac
  10. budae jjigae
  11. Budai

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