Meanings
proper noun
- The capital city of Romania.
- metonymicallyThe Romanian government.
In Romania the acrimonious deliberations over the commercial treaty with Germany prevented Bucharest from considering official participation at Leipzig before 1935.
2015, Stephen Gross, chapter 5, in Export Empire: German Soft Power in Southeastern Europe, 1890–1945, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 208
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Boekarest
- Boekarestcapital city of Romania
Arabic بُوخَارِسْت
- بُوخَارِسْت (būḵārest)capital city of Romania
Bengali বুখারেস্ট
- বুখারেস্ট (bukharesṭ)capital city of Romania
Bulgarian Букуре́щ
- Букуре́щ (Bukuréšt)capital city of Romania
Catalan Bucarest
- Bucarestcapital city of Romania
Chinese Cantonese 布加勒斯特
- 布加勒斯特 (bou³ gaa¹ lak⁶ si¹ dak⁶)capital city of Romania
Chinese Mandarin 布加勒斯特
- 布加勒斯特 (Bùjiālèsītè)capital city of Romania
Czech Bukurešť
- Bukurešťcapital city of Romania
Danish Bukarest
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
Dutch Boekarest
- Boekarestcapital city of Romania
Esperanto Bukareŝto
- Bukareŝtocapital city of Romania
Estonian Bukarest
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
Finnish Bukarest
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
French Bucarest
- Bucarestcapital city of Romania
German Bukarest
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
Greek Βουκουρέστι
- Βουκουρέστι (Voukourésti)capital city of Romania
Hebrew בּוּקָרֶשְׂט
- בּוּקָרֶשְׂט (bukarest)capital city of Romania
Hindi बुख़ारेस्ट
- बुख़ारेस्ट (buxāresṭ)capital city of Romania
Hungarian Bukarest
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
Icelandic Búkarest
- Búkarestcapital city of Romania
Indonesian Bukares
- Bukarescapital city of Romania
Irish Búcairist
- Búcairistcapital city of Romania
Italian Bucarest
- Bucarestcapital city of Romania
Japanese ブカレスト
- ブカレスト (Bukaresuto)capital city of Romania
Korean 부쿠레슈티, 부꾸레슈띠
- 부쿠레슈티 (Bukuresyuti)capital city of Romania
- 부꾸레슈띠 (Bukkuresyutti)capital city of Romania
Latin Bucaresta
- Bucarestacapital city of Romania
Latvian Bukareste
- Bukarestecapital city of Romania
Lithuanian Bukareštas
- Bukareštascapital city of Romania
Malay Bucharest
- Bucharestcapital city of Romania
Norwegian Bokmål Bukarest, Bucureşti
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
- Bucureşticapital city of Romania
Persian بخارست
- بخارست (Boxârest)capital city of Romania
Polish Bukareszt
- Bukaresztcapital city of Romania
Portuguese Bucareste
- Bucarestecapital city of Romania
Romanian București, Букурешть
- Bucureșticapital city of Romania
- Букурешть (București)capital city of Romania
Russian Бухаре́ст
- Бухаре́ст (Buxarést)capital city of Romania
Slovak Bukurešť
- Bukurešťcapital city of Romania
Spanish Bucarest
- Bucarestcapital city of Romania
Swedish Bukarest
- Bukarestcapital city of Romania
Tagalog Bucharest
- Bucharestcapital city of Romania
Tamil புக்கரெஸ்ட்
- புக்கரெஸ்ட் (pukkaresṭ)capital city of Romania
Thai บูคาเรสต์
- บูคาเรสต์ (buu-kaa-rées)capital city of Romania
Turkish Bükreş
- Bükreşcapital city of Romania
Ukrainian Бухаре́ст
- Бухаре́ст (Buxarést)capital city of Romania
Urdu بخارسٹ, بخارست
- بخارسٹ (buxāresṭ)capital city of Romania
- بخارست (buxārest)capital city of Romania
Vietnamese Bu-ca-rét
- Bu-ca-rétcapital city of Romania
Yiddish בוקאַרעשט
- בוקאַרעשט (bukaresht)capital city of Romania
Cite this entry
APA
Bucharest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bucharest
MLA
“Bucharest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bucharest. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bucharest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bucharest.
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