București

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Букурешть (București) — post-1930s Cyrillic form

Etymology

From Bucur (a male given name) +‎ -ești (patronymic or placename suffix). Bucur is the legendary shepherd who is said to have founded the city: his name is often considered to be related to bucurie (“joy”) and bucura (“to become glad”), either of Albanian or Dacian origin, but it may alternatively be derived from a lost word in Romanian relating to pastoral life, ultimately linked to Latin būculus (“young bullock, steer”), diminutive of bōs (“ox, cow”). Compare Old French bugle, French beugler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.kuˈreʃtʲ/

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Proper noun

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

1. Bucharest (the capital city of Romania)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	București	Bucureștiul
genitive-dative	București	Bucureștiului
vocative	Bucureștiule

Coordinate terms

• România

Derived terms

• bucureștean
• bucureșteancă

Related terms

• bucura
• bucurie
• bucuros

See also

• (counties of Romania) județele României; Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Brăila, București, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea ^{(Category: ro:Counties of Romania) [edit]}