Budapest

[ boo-duh-pest, boo-duh-pest; Hungarian boo-do-pesht ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube Buda and Obuda and one on the E bank Pest.

Budapest

/ ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst; ˈbudɔpɛʃt /

noun

1. the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)

Budapest

1. Capital of Hungary and largest city in the country, located in north-central Hungary on both banks of the Danube River ; the industrial, cultural, and transportation center of Hungary.

Example Sentences

Police in Romania and Hungary say they have broken up a human trafficking ring that convinced vulnerable people, many just out of foster homes, to work in slave-like conditions in Budapest.

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In their first leg – played in Budapest – France beat Israel 4-1.

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Mackenzie Michalski, 31, from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing after a night out in Hungary's capital, Budapest, on Tuesday.

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Elsewhere on Thursday, leaders gathering for the European Political Community in Budapest discussed Trump's return to the White House.

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"If Russia would be successful in Ukraine, you would have an emboldened Russia at our border," he said in Budapest.

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