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Budapest

/ˈbuːdəpɛst/

Budapest proper noun: the capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

budapest: the capital and the most populous city of Hungary
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Proper noun

Budapest

  1. The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
    • A week later, Orbán was discussing the theory with American allies at a special meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee (Cpac), a rightwing American group, in Budapest. Cpac’s chairman, Matt Schlapp, even suggested outlawing abortion as a solution: “If you’re worried about this...2022 June 8, Steve Rose, “A deadly ideology: how the ‘great replacement theory’ went mainstream”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023
  2. (metonymically) The Hungarian government.
    • After information about the secret proceedings between Berlin and Budapest leaked, Rome approached Budapest to get details on the concessions granted with the envisaged German–Hungarian commercial contract.2016, Per Tiedtke, chapter 8, in Germany, Italy and the International Economy 1929–1936: Co-operation or Rivalries at Times of Crisis?, Europe: Tectum Verlag, →ISBN, page 265

Budapest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Budapest in Hindi

the capital city of Hungary
बुदापैश्त budāpaiśt, बुडापेस्ट buḍāpesṭ, बुदापेस्त budāpest

Budapest in Tamil

the capital city of Hungary
புடாபெசுட்டு puṭāpecuṭṭu

Budapest in Marathi

the capital city of Hungary
बुडापेस्ट buḍāpesṭa

Budapest in Urdu

the capital city of Hungary
بُوداپِسْت būdāpist, بُوداپِسْٹ būdāpisṭ
More languagesFewer languages
Budapest in Bengali
বুদাপেস্ট budapesṭ
Budapest in Pashto
بوداپست budāpést
Budapest in Tagalog
Budapest
Budapest in Arabic
بُدَابِسْت budābist, بُودَابِسْت būdābist
Budapest in Malay
Budapest
Budapest in Indonesian
Budapest
Budapest in Thai
บูดาเปสต์ buu-daa-bpées
Budapest in Vietnamese
Bu-đa-pét
Budapest in Myanmar
ဗူးဒပက် bu:da.pak

Forms of Budapest

alternative form (archaic)Buda-Pest

Origin of Budapest

Borrowed from Hungarian Budapest, from Buda + Pest.

Words formed from Budapest

Questions about Budapest

What does Budapest mean?
Budapest means the capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
What is Budapest in Hindi?
Budapest in Hindi is बुदापैश्त (budāpaiśt), बुडापेस्ट (buḍāpesṭ), बुदापेस्त (budāpest). See Budapest meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Budapest?
Budapest is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Budapest?
Budapest is pronounced /ˈbuːdəpɛst/.

Words near Budapest in the dictionary

  1. Budac
  2. budae jjigae
  3. Budai
  4. Budais
  5. Budan's theorem
  6. Budapest
  7. Budapester
  8. Budapesters
  9. Budapestian
  10. Budapestians
  11. Budaun

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Budapest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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