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

In October Polish and Romanian authorities said they thwarted a Russian plot to send incendiary packages through a Ukrainian courier service, including devices intended to ignite in Bucharest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Public transport in Bucharest was seriously disrupted by the snow and trains were arriving at the central station more than six hours later, AFP journalists noted.

From Barron's

Raducanu's father, Ion, is from Bucharest and an exhausted but thrilled Raducanu briefly addressed the crowd in Romanian after her victory.

From BBC

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

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