"Pest" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /pɛst/, /pɛʃt/
Rhymes: -ɛst, -ɛʃt Etymology: From Hungarian Pest, ultimately from Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ, “furnace, oven”). Compare German Ofen (“Buda”, literally “oven”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hu|Pest}} Hungarian Pest, {{der|en|cu|пещь||furnace, oven}} Old Church Slavonic пещь (peštĭ, “furnace, oven”), {{ncog|de|Ofen||Buda|lit=oven}} German Ofen (“Buda”, literally “oven”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pest
  1. (historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Pest-en-name-vAHGtMIJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 16 12
  2. The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube. Categories (place): Places in Budapest, Places in Hungary Translations (area of Budapest — see also Budapest): Pest (German), Pest (Hungarian), پشته (Peşte) (Ottoman Turkish), Peşte (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Pest-en-name-vLjKa4Eq Disambiguation of 'area of Budapest — see also Budapest': 20 48 31
  3. A county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest. Categories (place): Counties of Hungary, Places in Hungary Synonyms: Pesth [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-Pest-en-name-wqPKaBCf

Alternative forms

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