Bucharest
/ˌb(j)uːkəˈɹɛst/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital city of Romania.
- 2 The capital and largest city of Ilfov County, Romania.
- 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."
Antonyms
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More examples"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).