What does "buda" mean?
The historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Buda
/ˈbuːdə/ name
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
- Grammar: buda is listed as name.
- Usage evidence: The Turks captured Buda by deception.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest. historical
- 2 A hamlet in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
- 3 A city in Hays County, Texas, United States.
- 4 The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the western side of the Danube.
"On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest."
- 5 A neighborhood and island of Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium.
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- 6 A commune and village in Călărași district, Moldova.
- 7 A village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
- 8 A commune and village in Buzău County, Romania.
- 9 a large number of villages in Romania.
- 10 A left tributary of the Argeș River, Romania.
- 11 A tributary of the Șoimeni River, Cluj County, Romania.
- 12 A tributary of the Cernu River, Bacău County, Romania.
- 13 A village in Novoselytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.
- 14 A village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
- 15 An unincorporated community in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States.
Example
"The Turks captured Buda by deception."
Common questions
How do you use "buda" in a sentence?
The Turks captured Buda by deception.
How do you pronounce "buda"?
Pronounced /ˈbuːdə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Hungarian Buda, probably borrowed from a Slavic personal name, though an alternative theory deriving the term from Proto-Slavic *voda (“water”) as a translation of Latin Aquincum, via aqua (“water”), is also popular. The folk etymology connecting the word to Bleda, the brother of Attila the Hun, is historically implausible.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hungarian Buda
Etymology 3
From Spanish viuda (“widow”).