the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 713 903 (2015 est)
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Bu•da•pest
(bo̅o̅′də pest′, bo̅o̅′də pest′; Hung. bŏŏ′do pesht′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest.) 2,070,966.
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