București

Romanian

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Alternative forms

• Букурешть (post-1940s Cyrillic form)

Etymology

Bucur (personal name) + -ești (“patronymic, personal name suffix”). Bucur, the name of the legendary shepherd who is said to have founded the city, is often considered to be related to bucurie ("joy") and bucura ("to become glad"), but it may alternatively be derived from a lost word in Romanian relating to pastoral life, ultimately linked to Latin buculus ("young bull, ox, steer"). Cf. Old French bugle, French beugler .

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bu.ku.'reʃtʲ]

Proper noun

București m (definite nominative/accusative Bucureștiul, definite genitive/dative Bucureștiului, vocative Bucureștiule)

1. Bucharest (capital of Romania)

Derived terms

• bucureștean
• bucureșteancă

Descendants

• English: Bucharest

See also

• bucura
• bucurie