Etymology

Bucharest

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Today it means: The capital city of Romania. Full definition →

Russian Бухаре́ст ← Romanian București
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  1. Romanian · derived fromBucurești
  2. Russian · borrowed fromБухаре́ст
  3. English todayBucharest

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

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