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Bucharest

Bucharest

23 3.0
The capital and largest city of Romania in the southeast
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbuːkəˌrɛst/
: Bucarest
  • Got a promotion, and they needed someone in the Bucharest office.
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • Bucharest summit
  • University of Bucharest

You were Maximus Bucharest from from Bucharest.

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Examples

  • Adrian was born on 11 December 1940 in Bucharest, Romania.

    Academic text (2002)
  • His armor is in the museum in Bucharest.

  • You took a plane from Rome, a bus from Bucharest.

  • Were you in a hospital in Bucharest in December, 1920?

  • I live in Bucharest, I wrote a bestselling book, and everything seems perfect.

  • The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest is the premier philosophy program in Romania.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I was the CIA's diplomatic liaison in Bucharest for five years.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The situation in Bucharest laid bare the underlying damage done to the United States' stature during the Bush era.

    Academic text (2008)
  • She left Reykjavik, traveling through Bucharest to Athens.

  • When you arrive in Bucharest, you will notice the beautiful architecture of the buildings.

Synonyms

Bucuresti
vsBucharest
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The capital and largest city of Romania in the southeast of the country

is the same meaning but is the Romanian language form

Surface Forms

Bucharest main

Etymology

The word Bucharest comes from the Romanian București, likely from the name Bucur and the ending -ești, where Bucur means 'joy' or was a person's name and -ești means 'place of the people'. One popular story says a shepherd named Bucur started the settlement, so București meant 'Bucur's place' or 'place of joy', which is why the capital city is now called Bucharest.