Etymology

Buda

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Hungarian Buda ← Proto-Slavic *voda ← Latin Aquincum
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Buda · proper noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromAquincum
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*voda“water”
  3. Hungarian · borrowed fromBuda
  4. English todayBuda

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.

Buda · proper noun2

  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromBuda
  2. English todayBuda

Borrowed from Hungarian Buda

Buda · proper noun3

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromviuda“widow”
  2. English todayBuda

From Spanish viuda (“widow”).

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