Bucharest

American  

[boo-kuh-rest, byoo-] / ˈbu kəˌrɛst, ˈbju- /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Romania, in the S part.

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Bucharest British  

/ ˌbjuː-, ˌbuːkəˈrɛst /

noun

1. Romanian name: Bucureşti.  the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)

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Bucharest Cultural  

1. Capital of Romania and largest city in the country, located in south-central Romania on a tributary of the Danube River; Romania's chief industrial and communications center.

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Example Sentences

In Bucharest, where he arrived in 1945, Paul Antschel became Paul Celan, the new name an anagrammatic rebirth from the Romanian spelling of “Ancel.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The former head of the national history museum in Bucharest, Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu, faced considerable domestic criticism for loaning the gold objects abroad and lost his job within days of the theft.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Money from her account was then transferred to accounts linked to Badea and Stana, the prosecution said, and she also paid for their flights between Bucharest and London.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Following talks with Rinkevics at a summit in Bucharest on Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would send experts to Latvia to help with their air defences.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

He added that the conductor from the Bucharest coach had also been there.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie