București

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

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”), from Albanian bukur.

Alternatively may 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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bu.kuˈreʃtʲ/

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• Rhymes: -eʃtʲ
• Hyphenation: Bu‧cu‧rești

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

1. Bucharest (the capital city of Romania)

   Bucharest (the capital and largest city of Ilfov County, Romania)

• România

• bucureștean
• bucureșteancă

• bucura
• bucurie
• bucuros