Pest.
One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Meaning & usage
One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.
A county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest.
Where this word comes from
From Hungarian Pest, ultimately from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ, “furnace, oven”). Compare German Ofen (“Buda”, literally “oven”).
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