Save Type Settlement Usage Hungarian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish Pronounced Pron. BOO-daw-pesht(Hungarian) BOO-də-pest(English) BUW-də-pest(English) BUY-DA-PEST(French) boo-da-PEST(Spanish) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Combination of Buda and Pest, two cities that merged in 1873. This is the name of the capital city of Hungary. Related Names User SubmissionBudapeşt Categories European cities, national capitals