București

Romanian ro: thumb|ro Localizarea municipiului București în România thumb|București Alternative forms ro Букурешть new cyrl Etymology From ro Bucur a male given name -ești patronymic or placename suffix. Bucur (legendary shepherd) Bucur is the legendary shepherd who is said to have founded the city: his name is often considered to be related to ro bucurie joy and ro bucura to become glad, possibly from ro sq bukur. Alternatively may be derived from a lost word in Romanian relating to pastoral life, ultimately linked to ro la būculus young bullock, steer, diminutive of la bōs ox, cow. Compare fro bugle, fr beugler.bucura Pronunciation ro /bu.kuˈreʃtʲ/ ro Ro-București.ogg male voice ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-București.wav ro eʃtʲ 3 ro Bu cu rești Proper noun ro proper noun m definite nominative and accusative Bucureștiul definite genitive and dative Bucureștiului vocative Bucureștiule ro capital city c/Romania Bucharest ro caplc county/Ilfov c/Romania Bucharest Declension sg Coordinate terms ro România Derived terms ro bucureștean ro bucureșteancă Related terms ro bucura ro bucurie ro bucuros See also References