Bucharest

//ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Romania.
  2. 2
    The capital and largest city of Ilfov County, Romania.
  3. 3
    The Romanian government. metonymically

    "In Romania the acrimonious deliberations over the commercial treaty with Germany prevented Bucharest from considering official participation at Leipzig before 1935."

Synonyms

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bucharestibucuresticapital of romania

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"When I had met her in Bucharest, Anca was a student."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бухаре́ст (Buxarést), from Romanian București, from Bucur (personal name) + -ești (patronymic, personal name suffix).

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