Budapest
geographical name
Bu·da·pest ˈbü-də-ˌpest also ˈbu̇- 
ˈbyü-,
-ˌpesht city and capital of Hungary; comprised of formerly separate towns on either side of the Danube River which were united in 1872 population 2,008,546
Note: The towns that were combined to create Budapest were Bu*da \\ ˈbü-də 
, -dȯ \\ and Obu*da \\ ˈō-bü-dȯ \\ on the right bank on the Danube and Pest \\ ˈpesht \\ on the left bank .