Budapest

American  

[boo-duh-pest, boo-duh-pest, boo-do-pesht] / ˈbu dəˌpɛst, ˌbu dəˈpɛst, ˈbʊ dɒˌpɛʃt /

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.

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Budapest British  

/ 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)

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Budapest Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

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Budapest

Cruise passengers left stranded in Budapest for two days during a heatwave after the ship's air conditioning failed will now be flown home.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

In a hilly village northwest of Budapest, siblings Andras and Blanka Arki have brought a bag of plastic containers and bottles to fill up at a roadside water cart in scorching 41C heat.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Last year, more than 200,000 people took part in Budapest Pride defying a police ban, according to organisers, up from some 35,000 attendees in preceding years.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

They gave up their nuclear weapons under the Budapest Memorandum in 1994.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Then a card from Budapest: "Jake, Budapest is wonderful."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway