Budapest

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/ˈbuːdəpɛst//ˌbuːdəˈpɛst//ˈbʊdəpɛst//ˈbjuːdəpɛst/

proper noun

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative archaic Buda-Pest

  1. The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
    1 more example

    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 ‘replacement’, why don’t we start there? Start with allowing our own people to live.”

    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. metonymicallyThe 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

Origin

  1. HungarianBudapest
  2. EnglishBudapest

Borrowed from Hungarian Budapest, from Buda + Pest.

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Translations

Afrikaans Boedapest
  • Boedapestthe capital city of Hungary
Arabic بُدَابِسْت, بُودَابِسْت
  • بُدَابِسْت (budābist)the capital city of Hungary
  • بُودَابِسْت (būdābist)the capital city of Hungary
Bengali বুদাপেস্ট
  • বুদাপেস্ট (budapesṭ)the capital city of Hungary
Bulgarian Будапе́ща
  • Будапе́ща (Budapéšta)the capital city of Hungary
Catalan Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Chinese Cantonese 布達佩斯 /布达佩斯
  • 布達佩斯 /布达佩斯 (bou³ daat⁶ pui³ si¹)the capital city of Hungary
Chinese Mandarin 布達佩斯 /布达佩斯
  • 布達佩斯 /布达佩斯 (Bùdápèisī)the capital city of Hungary
Czech Budapešť
  • Budapešťthe capital city of Hungary
Danish Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Dutch Boedapest
  • Boedapestthe capital city of Hungary
Esperanto Budapeŝto
  • Budapeŝtothe capital city of Hungary
Estonian Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Finnish Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
French Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
German Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Greek Βουδαπέστη
  • Βουδαπέστη (Voudapésti)the capital city of Hungary
Hebrew בּוּדָפֶּשְׁט
  • בּוּדָפֶּשְׁט (búdapesht)the capital city of Hungary
Hindi बुदापैश्त, बुडापेस्ट
  • बुदापैश्त (budāpaiśt)the capital city of Hungary
  • बुडापेस्ट (buḍāpesṭ)the capital city of Hungary
  • बुदापेस्त (budāpest)the capital city of Hungary
Hungarian Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Icelandic Búdapest
  • Búdapestthe capital city of Hungary
Indonesian Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Irish Búdaipeist
  • Búdaipeistthe capital city of Hungary
Italian Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Japanese ブダペスト
  • ブダペスト (Budapesuto)the capital city of Hungary
Korean 부다페스트, 부다뻬슈뜨
  • 부다페스트 (Budapeseuteu)the capital city of Hungary
  • 부다뻬슈뜨 (Budappesyutteu)the capital city of Hungary
Latin Budapestinum, Aquincum
  • Budapestinumthe capital city of Hungary
  • Aquincumthe capital city of Hungary
Latvian Budapešta
  • Budapeštathe capital city of Hungary
Lithuanian Budapeštas
  • Budapeštasthe capital city of Hungary
Malay Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Norwegian Bokmål Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Polish Budapeszt
  • Budapesztthe capital city of Hungary
Portuguese Budapeste
  • Budapestethe capital city of Hungary
Romanian Budapesta
  • Budapestathe capital city of Hungary
Russian Будапе́шт
  • Будапе́шт (Budapéšt)the capital city of Hungary
Slovak Budapešť
  • Budapešťthe capital city of Hungary
Spanish Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Swedish Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Tagalog Budapest
  • Budapestthe capital city of Hungary
Tamil புடாபெசுட்டு
  • புடாபெசுட்டு (puṭāpecuṭṭu)the capital city of Hungary
Thai บูดาเปสต์
  • บูดาเปสต์ (buu-daa-bpées)the capital city of Hungary
Turkish Budapeşte
  • Budapeştethe capital city of Hungary
Ukrainian Будапе́шт
  • Будапе́шт (Budapéšt)the capital city of Hungary
Urdu بُوداپِسْت, بُوداپِسْٹ
  • بُوداپِسْت (būdāpist)the capital city of Hungary
  • بُوداپِسْٹ (būdāpisṭ)the capital city of Hungary
Vietnamese Bu-đa-pét
  • Bu-đa-pétthe capital city of Hungary
Yiddish בודאַפּעשט
  • בודאַפּעשט (budapesht)the capital city of Hungary
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Budapest on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.