Pest

  1. (historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
  2. The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.
  3. A county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛst/
Etymology

From Hungarian Pest, ultimately from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ, “furnace, oven”). Compare German Ofen (“Buda”, literally “oven”).

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