Buda

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/ˈbuːdə//ˈbjuːdə/

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.

OriginHungarian Buda ← Proto-Slavic *voda ← Latin Aquincum →
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Meanings

Buda1

proper noun
  1. historicalThe 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

Buda2

proper noun
  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.

Buda3

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

Origin

Buda · proper noun

  1. LatinAquincum
  2. Proto-Slavic*voda“water”
  3. HungarianBuda
  4. EnglishBuda

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.

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Buda · proper noun

  1. HungarianBuda
  2. EnglishBuda

Borrowed from Hungarian Buda

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Buda · proper noun

  1. Spanishviuda“widow”
  2. EnglishBuda

From Spanish viuda (“widow”).

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Translations

Hungarian Buda
  • Budaarea of Budapest — see also Budapest

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Buda

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Sounds the same

Buddha

Anagrams

baudBadudaubDubaabudDabu
Cite this entry
APA

Buda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buda

MLA

“Buda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buda. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buda,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buda.

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