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) Meaning & History Combination of BUDA and PEST, two cities that merged in 1873. This is the name of the capital city of Hungary.