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Buda
Buda, historically known as Ofen, is the hilly western part of Budapest, Hungary, on the Danube's west bank; it united with Pest and Óbuda in 1873.
Buda Castle
Buda Castle, or Budavári palota, is the former royal palace of the Hungarian kings on Castle Hill in Budapest, founded after 1241 and now home to the Hungarian National Gallery.
Buda halála
Buda halála (The Death of Buda) is a Hungarian narrative epic in twelve cantos by János Arany, written 1862–1863 and published in Pest in 1864.
BudaCorp
BudaCorp is a Cayman Islands exempted company, classified only as "Other Technology," that raised $154,321,022 across four SEC Form D offerings between 2019 and 2024 while disclosing no product or business description.
Budae-jjigae (부대찌개)
Budae-jjigae (부대찌개), also spelled boodae chigae, is Korean army base stew from 1960s Uijeongbu, combining US military surplus Spam, hot dogs, and cheese with kimchi, tofu, and ramen; now a popular comfort food.
Budai (布袋)
Budai (布袋), or Hotei in Japanese, was a semi-legendary Chinese Chan monk of the 10th century, venerated since the Song dynasty as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha.
Budakeszi Arborétum
Budakeszi Arborétum, a Hungarian forest arboretum near Budakeszi, founded 1959 from 1949 Forestry Research Institute plantations; about 1,000 exotic conifer taxa, strictly protected since 1978, opened to the public in 2016, managed by Pilisi Parkerdő Zrt.
Budalia
Budalia was a Roman village in the province of Lower Pannonia, near Sirmium, best known to Roman historiography as the birthplace of the emperor Decius.
Budapest
Budapest, capital of Hungary, formed in 1873 by uniting Buda, Pest, and Óbuda on the Danube. About 1.77 million people, 23 districts, thermal spas, and the least affordable housing among measured EU capitals.
Budapest (song)
Budapest (song): 2013 song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, co-written with Joel Pott, from Did You Hear the Rain? and Wanted on Voyage. UK no. 3, number one in Austria, New Zealand, and Slovenia; written after Ezra missed his train to Budapest.
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, also known as Ferihegy, is the main international airport of Hungary, located 16 km southeast of Budapest and opened in 1950.
Budapest Memorandum
Budapest Memorandum: Memorandum on Security Assurances signed 5 December 1994 in Budapest by the UK, US, and Russia in connection with Ukraine's NPT accession; Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal for border-respect and non-aggression assurances, later violated by Russia.
Budapest Metro
The Budapest Metro (Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit network of Budapest, Hungary, with four lines, the first of which opened in 1896 as continental Europe's first underground railway.
Budapest Research Reactor
The Budapest Research Reactor is a 10 MW tank-type research reactor in Budapest, Hungary, first critical in 1959 and used for neutron research, isotope production, and training.
Budapest school of mathematics
The Budapest school of mathematics grew from Lipót Fejér's circle at the University of Budapest in the early 1900s, producing leading mathematicians including von Neumann, Pólya, and Erdős.
Budapest water-supply aqueducts
The Budapest water-supply aqueducts are the wells, galleries, tunnels, and pumping stations built from the 1850s to 1904, using Danube bank filtration that still supplies the city's drinking water.
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden (Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert), opened 9 August 1866 in Budapest's City Park; Hungary's oldest and most-visited zoo, with 7,452 animals of 658 species, historic Kós buildings, and the Biodome Urban Oasis.
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Budapest World Heritage Site (UNESCO, 1987; extended 2002) covering the Danube banks, Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square, and the 1896 Millennium Underground, continental Europe's first metro, under criteria (ii) and (iv).
Budapeste
Budapeste is a 2003 novel by Brazilian writer Chico Buarque, his third, following ghostwriter José Costa, divided between Rio de Janeiro and Budapest and two languages; it won the Prêmio Jabuti.
Budapesti vasutas sport club
Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club (BVSC, BVSC-Zugló), Hungarian multi-sport club founded 1911 by railway workers in Budapest; 21 Olympic champions, golden age 1945-56 with Papp László; football section now BVSC-Zugló FC in NB II.
Budaun (city)
Budaun (बदायूँ, Badāyūn), city and district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh, India, near the Ganga; Sufi heritage, Iltutmish's Jami Masjid (1223), 159,285 residents in 2011, 235 km from Delhi.
Budaun (district)
Budaun district (बदायूँ जिला), Uttar Pradesh, India: 4,234 sq km district named after its headquarters town, a former Delhi Sultanate frontier post captured in 1196, ceded to Britain in 1801, with 31.29 lakh people (2011) and an agriculture-based economy.
Budbee
Budbee was a Stockholm last-mile logistics startup founded by Fredrik Hamilton that delivered e-commerce parcels in the Nordics and Benelux before merging into Instabee in 2022.
Budd Coast
Budd Coast is the Wilkes Land coast of East Antarctica between the Hatch Islands and Cape Waldron, named for Thomas A. Budd of the 1838-42 US Exploring Expedition, at the margin of Law Dome.
Budd Company
The Budd Company was an American metal fabricator founded in Philadelphia in 1912 by Edward G. Budd, known for all-steel car bodies and stainless steel railcars like the Pioneer Zephyr.
Budd Goodwin
Budd Goodwin (Leo Joseph Goodwin, 1883-1957) was an American NYAC swimmer and water polo player who won two golds and a bronze at the 1904 Olympics, a 1908 relay bronze, 19 AAU titles, and a Congressional Medal for a sea rescue.
Budd Rail Diesel Car
The Budd Rail Diesel Car, also known as the Buddliner, is a self-propelled stainless steel diesel railcar built in five models by the Budd Company between 1949 and 1962.
Budd–Chiari syndrome
Budd–Chiari syndrome, hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction, is a rare disorder caused by thrombotic obstruction of hepatic veins or inferior vena cava, presenting with ascites and abdominal pain, treated by stepwise anticoagulation, angioplasty, TIPS, and liver transplantation.
Budda Baker
Budda Baker, born Bishard Baker, is an American football safety for the Arizona Cardinals since 2017 who has earned eight Pro Bowl selections and four All-Pro honors.
Buddah Records
Buddah Records, later Buddha Records, a 1967 New York independent label founded by Art Kass off Kama Sutra, led by Neil Bogart; known for bubblegum pop, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Super Fly.