Bucharest

American  

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

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

Zelensky on Thursday travelled to Romania, where he agreed to launch joint drone production with Bucharest, and offered to develop anti-drone defence systems with Kyiv's European allies.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The Ukrainian president on Thursday travelled to Romania where he deepened defence ties and agreed to launch joint drone production with Bucharest.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

But A’zion ended up doing a self-tape in the middle of the night in Bucharest in the midst of filming the horror movie “Until Dawn.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

As a volunteer in Bucharest, in March and April 2022, I helped feed some of the million-plus Ukrainian refugees who poured into the country following Russia’s invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

“My ancestors came from the Danubian Sich. In the 1700s, we were exiled from Russia and settled in parts of the Ottoman Empire. For my family, it was Bucharest and Brailov.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros