Pest en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /pɛst/
- /pɛʃt/
Etymology
From Hungarian Pest, ultimately from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ, “furnace, oven”). Compare German Ofen (“Buda”, literally “oven”).
Meanings
- (historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
-
The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern 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:
- A county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pesth | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Translations (8)
de Pest (area of Budapest — see also Budapest) · tr Peşte (area of Budapest — see also Budapest) · hu Pest (county) · ota پشته (area of Budapest — see also Budapest) · hu Pest (area of Budapest — see also Budapest) · pl Pest (county) · mr पेश्त (area of Budapest — see also Budapest) · pl Pest (area of Budapest — see also Budapest)