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Bucharest

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Bu·cha·rest  (bk-rst, by-)
The capital and largest city of Romania, in the southeast part of the country on a tributary of the Danube River. Founded in the 14th century, it soon became a fortress and a center for trade between Wallachia and Constantinople. Population: 1,920,000.
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Noun1.BucharestBucharest - national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
Bucharesti, Bucuresti, capital of Romania
Romania, Roumania, Rumania - a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea
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Bucharest [buːkəˈrɛst] n → Bucarest m
Bucharest [buːkəˈrɛst] n → Bucarest
Bucharest [buːkəˈrɛst] n → Bukarest nt
Bucharest [buːkəˈrɛst] n → Bucarest f


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But, after all, one must earn enough to pay for the garret; and I confess that to grow old as a private tutor--or a `private' anything--is almost as chilling to the imagination as a second secretaryship at Bucharest.
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I knew that if anything were to take us to Castle Dracula we should go by Galatz, or at any rate through Bucharest, so I learned the times very carefully.
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