Dictionary

Budapest en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbuːdəˌpɛʃt/ less common; like Hungarian
• /ˌbuːdəˈpɛʃt/ less common; like Hungarian
• /ˈbuːdəpɛst/
• (US) audio
• /ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst/
• /ˈbjuːdəpɛst/
• /ˈbʊdəpɛst/
• /ˌbuːdəˈpɛst/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Budapest, from Buda + Pest.

Meanings

1. The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
   • 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. (metonymically) The 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:

Forms

Deriveds

Budapestian · Budapester

Translations (87)

az Budapeşt (the capital city of Hungary) · ro Budapesta (the capital city of Hungary) · mk Бу́димпешта (the capital city of Hungary) · kmr Budapeşt (the capital city of Hungary) · ota بودن (the capital city of Hungary) · sk Budapešť (the capital city of Hungary) · be Будапе́шт (the capital city of Hungary) · hi बुदापेस्त (the capital city of Hungary) · it Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · af Boedapest (the capital city of Hungary) · ota بوده پشته (the capital city of Hungary) · ak Budapɛst (the capital city of Hungary) · ota بوده (the capital city of Hungary) · hu Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · la Budapestinum (the capital city of Hungary) · tr Budapeşte (the capital city of Hungary) · ka ბუდაპეშტი (the capital city of Hungary) · da Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · eo Budapeŝto (the capital city of Hungary) · am ቡዳፔስት (the capital city of Hungary) · ru Будапе́шт (the capital city of Hungary) · fa-ira بوداپِسْت (the capital city of Hungary) · ms Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · mn Будапешт (the capital city of Hungary) · sh Бу̀димпешта (the capital city of Hungary) · nn Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · be Будапэ́шт (the capital city of Hungary) · pt Budapeste (the capital city of Hungary) · uz Budapesht (the capital city of Hungary) · ce Будапешт (the capital city of Hungary) · bg Будапе́ща (the capital city of Hungary) · nb Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · tg Будапешт (the capital city of Hungary) · tl Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · ja ブダペスト (the capital city of Hungary) · ga Búdaipeist (the capital city of Hungary) · bo བུ་ད་ཕེ་སིད (the capital city of Hungary) · ur بُوداپِسْٹ (the capital city of Hungary) · my ဗူးဒပက် (the capital city of Hungary) · lv Budapešta (the capital city of Hungary) · hi बुडापेस्ट (the capital city of Hungary) · ca Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · nl Boedapest (the capital city of Hungary) · mr बुडापेस्ट (the capital city of Hungary) · ug بۇداپېشت (the capital city of Hungary) · lt Budapeštas (the capital city of Hungary) · vi Bu-đa-pét (the capital city of Hungary) · yi בודאַפּעשט (the capital city of Hungary) · is Búdapest (the capital city of Hungary) · hi बुदापैश्त (the capital city of Hungary) · fr Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · bn বুদাপেস্ট (the capital city of Hungary) · ar بُودَابِسْت (the capital city of Hungary) · mt Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · ur بُوداپِسْت (the capital city of Hungary) · sq Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · ta புடாபெசுட்டு (the capital city of Hungary) · kk Будапешт (the capital city of Hungary) · ps بوداپست (the capital city of Hungary) · tt Будапиш (the capital city of Hungary) · es Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · uk Будапе́шт (the capital city of Hungary) · sh Bùdimpešta (the capital city of Hungary) · cmn 布達佩斯 /布达佩斯 (the capital city of Hungary) · lo ບູດາເປດ (the capital city of Hungary) · et Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · ko 부다뻬슈뜨 (the capital city of Hungary) · sv Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · hy Բուդապեշտ (the capital city of Hungary) · ast Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · sl Búdimpešta (the capital city of Hungary) · id Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · la Aquincum (the capital city of Hungary) · fi Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · ko 부다페스트 (the capital city of Hungary) · he בּוּדָפֶּשְׁט (the capital city of Hungary) · cs Budapešť (the capital city of Hungary) · pl Budapeszt (the capital city of Hungary) · km ប៊ុយដាប៉ែស (the capital city of Hungary) · yue 布達佩斯 /布达佩斯 (the capital city of Hungary) · el Βουδαπέστη (the capital city of Hungary) · tk Budapeşt (the capital city of Hungary) · ky Будапешт (the capital city of Hungary) · de Budapest (the capital city of Hungary) · th บูดาเปสต์ (the capital city of Hungary) · sq Budapesti (the capital city of Hungary) · ar بُدَابِسْت (the capital city of Hungary)

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