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

An ethologist, Fugazza studies animal behavior at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.

From Science News For Students

Yet, it’s not only stay-at-home orders that are worrying him about the future of his industry in Budapest.

From Ozy

Valerie Devine, drag queenNow, with the pandemic bringing travel to a grinding halt, Budapest’s liberal vibe no longer enjoys that shield of tourism.

From Ozy

The International Swimming League, a five-week event, took place in a Budapest bubble in October and November.

From Time

Dest played the entire match in Barcelona’s 3-0 victory over Ferencvaros in Budapest.

From Washington Post

Political or not, shown in New York or Budapest, it is a worthy achievement composed with taste and subtlety.

From The Daily Beast

If ever there was a time for a show like “Letters to Afar” to be shown in Budapest, it is now.

From The Daily Beast

The Budapest document makes sense historically only as a quid pro quo agreement resting upon American credibility to act.

From The Daily Beast

The United States cannot simply walk away from the plain meaning of the Budapest Memorandum and leave Ukraine in the lurch.

From The Daily Beast

Was the Grand Budapest Hotel itself the first thing you had to design?

From The Daily Beast

And then scratching his head, "Yes, it must have been of Hungary, for they spoke of Budapest——"

From Project Gutenberg

At last some of his congregation accused him to the chief rabbi of Budapest of heterodoxy.

From Project Gutenberg

Another man, a Budapest painter, started off for an indefinite stay with an army corps in Bessarabia.

From Project Gutenberg

So this is the famous Budapest, is it, the twin cities of the blue Danube weve been hearing so much about?

From Project Gutenberg

He looks like that man, but then there are probably scores in Budapest who wear that same kind of hat, Alpine style.

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