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

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

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 • Feb. 18, 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

Duma had accompanied Walter on his trip to the Youth Conference in Bucharest, and that night he entertained us with the Russian and Chinese songs he had learned on his trip.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela