Budapest

//ˈbuːdəpɛst// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
  2. 2
    The Hungarian government. metonymically

    "After information about the secret proceedings between Berlin and Budapest leaked, Rome approached Budapest to get details on the concessions granted with the envisaged German–Hungarian commercial contract."

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capital of hungaryhungarian capital

Example

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"I really wish I'd paid more attention in Budapest instead of going shopping and seeing the Harry Potter movie."

Etymology

From Hungarian Budapest, from Buda + Pest.

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