From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Public place names of Budapest
Public place names of Budapest
Budapest is the capital of the European country of Hun- • János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
gary. Below is a list of public place names of Budapest • Winston Churchill, prime minister of the UK
that refer to famous people, cities or historic events. Gen- • Csaba, King of Székely people
erality of Budapest’s public place names relate to the • Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, Hungarian poet
Hungarian national history. In Budapest there are about • János Csonka, Hungarian inventor
8,600 named public place (steets, squares, parks etc.). • Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian polymath
• Jenő Dalnoki, Hungarian footballer
Notable people • János Damjanich, general during Hungarian
revolution of 1848, national hero
• András Áchim, Hungarian peasant politician • Ferenc Deák, Hungarian statesman, The Wise Man of
• Endre Ady, Hungarian poet the Nation, see: Deák Ferenc tér
• Dürer Ajtósi, Hungarian-German painter • Henrik Dembinszky, Polish general during
• High Prince Álmos, ancient Hungarian leader, father Hungarian revolution of 1848
of Árpád • Gyula Derkovits, Hungarian painter
• Gyula Andrássy, Hungarian statesman, see: Andrássy • Arisztid Dessewffy, general during Hungarian
út revolution of 1848
• István Angyal, Freedom fighter of the Hungarian • Edit Domján, Hungarian actress
revolution of 1956 • György Dózsa, peasants’ revolt leader, see: Dózsa
• János Apáczai Csere, Hungarian writer and György út
pedagogue • József Eötvös, Hungarian minister and writer
• Vilmos Apor, bishop, Righteous among the Nations • Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer
• János Arany, Hungarian poet, see: Arany János utca • Erzsébet, Austro-Hungarian queen, see: Erzsébet híd,
• Árpád, ancient Hungarian leader, "father of the Erzsébetváros, Pesterzsébet
Hungarians", see: Árpád híd • János Esterházy, Hungarian martyr politician
• Attila, king of the Huns • Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician
• Lajos Aulich, Minister of War during Hungarian • Árpád Feszty, Hungarian painter
revolution of 1848 • György Fráter, Hungarian statesman
• Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet • Áron Gábor, Artillery during Hungarian revolution of
• Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, Hungarian anti-fascist 1848, national hero
politician during World War II, see: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky • Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer
út • Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian military and political
• József Bajza, Hungarian poet, see: Bajza utca figure
• Bálint Balassi, Hungarian poet • Géza, ancient Hungarian leader
• Gábor Baross, Hungarian statesman • Gyula, ancient Hungarian leader
• Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer • Alfréd Hajós, The first Olympic champion of Hungary
• István Báthory, prince of Transylvania • Nándor Hidegkuti, footballer of the Golden Team,
• Lajos Batthyány, The first prime minister of see: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
Hungary, see: Batthyány tér • Victor Hugo, French poet
• Sándor Bauer, Hungarian student, victim of the • János Hunyadi, Hungarian military and political
communism figure
• József Bem, Polish general during Hungarian • Gyula Illyés, Hungarian writer
revolution of 1848, national hero • Mari Jászai, Hungarian actress
• Miklós Bercsényi, Kuruc general • John Paul II, Pope
• Dániel Berzsenyi, Hungarian poet • Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer
• György Bessenyei, Hungarian poet • Attila József, Hungarian poet
• Gábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania • János Kálvin, Protestant teologian, see: Kálvin tér
• János Bihari, Hungarian Gypsi musician • Kálmán Kandó, Hungarian engineer
• Lujza Blaha, Hungarian actress, see: Blaha Lujza tér • Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian poet and journalist
• István Bocskai, prince of Transylvania • József Katona, Hungarian playwright and poet
• Simón Bolívar, "The Liberator" • Ferenc Kazinczy, reformatory of Hungarian language
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Public place names of Budapest
• Gáspár Károli, Hungarian Calvinist pastor • Frigyes Podmaniczky, Hungarian politician,
• Zsigmond Kemény, Hungarian author developer of Budapest (avenues, boulevards, bridges
• Pál Kinizsi, Hungarian general etc.)
• Sándor Kisfaludy, Hungarian poet • Mihály Pollack, Austro-Hungarian architect
• Ernő Kiss, general during Hungarian revolution of • Ernő Pöltenberg, general during Hungarian
1848 revolution of 1848
• János Kis, Hungarian lieutenant-general • Elvis Presley, American singer
• György Klapka, general during Hungarian revolution • Ferenc Puskás, footballer of the Golden Team, see:
of 1848 Puskás Ferenc Stadium
• Sándor Kocsis, footballer of the Golden Team • Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet
• Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian statesman, regent of • Ferenc Rákóczi, Hungarian Kuruc leader
Hungary during 1848 Revolution, freedom fighter • Lipót Rottenbiller, mayor of Budapest
and national hero, see: Kossuth Lajos tér • Ignác Semmelweis, Hungarian physician
• Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet • Imre Sinkovits, Hungarian actor
• Lehel, ancient Hungarian leader, see: Lehel tér • János Sobieski, king of Poland
• Károly Leiningen-Westerburg, general during • Aurél Stromfeld, staff officer of the Hungarian Soviet
Hungarian revolution of 1848 Republic
• Ferenc Liszt, Hungarian composer, see: Budapest • Ervin Szabó, Hungarian social scientist
Ferenc Liszt International Airport • Lőric Szabó, Hungarian poet
• Károly Lotz, Hungarian-German painter • István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman, "The
• Imre Madách, Hungarian writer geratest Hungarian"
• Péter Mansfeld, freedom fighter during Hungarian • Bertalan Szemere, prime minister of Hungary
revolution of 1956 • Hannah Szenes, Hungarian poet
• Margit, saint, daughter of king Béla IV of Hungary, • Szent Adalbert, master of Stephen I of Hungary
see: Margit-sziget, Margit híd • Szent Benedek, Christian saint
• Mária, mother of Jesus • Szent Gellért, Christian saint, see: Gellérthegy
• Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian Jacobin leader • Szent György, Christian saint
• Mátyás király, king of Hungary • Szent Imre, son of Stephen I of Hungary
• Kelemen Mikes, Hungarian political figure and • Szent István, the first king of Hungary, founder of
essayist Hungary (1000–1001)
• Kálmán Mikszáth, Hungarian writer • Szent János, Christian saint
• Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer • Szent József, father of Jesus
• Ferenc Móra, Hungarian writer • Szent Kristóf, Christian saint
• Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer, see: Móricz • Szent László, king of Hungary
Zsigmond körtér • Szent Orbán, Christian saint
• Mihály Munkácsy, Hungarian painter • Dezső Szilágyi, Hungarian jurist and politician
• Imre Nagy, prime minister of Hungary during • Erzsébet Szilágyi, mother of Matthias Corvinus of
Hungarian revolution of 1956 Hungary
• Lajos Nagy, king of Hungary • József Simándy, Hungarian tenor
• József Nagysándor, general during Hungarian • Pál Szinyei Merse, Hungarian painter
revolution of 1848 • Mihály Táncsics, Hungarian poet and politician
• László Németh, Hungarian writer • Vilmos Tartsay, Hungarian anti-fascist general
• János Neumann, Hungarian mathematician during World War II
• Pál Nyáry, politician during Hungarian revolution of • Blanka Teleki, Hungarian early feminist
1848 • László Teleki, Hungarian writer and politician
• Ond vezér, ancient Hungarian leader • Kálmán Thaly, Hungarian poet
• Balázs Orbán, Hungarian witer • Imre Thököly, Hungarian Kuruc leader
• Olof Palme, Swedish social-democrat politician • Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos, Hungarian lyracist
• Örs vezér, ancient Hungarian leader, see: Örs vezér • Ferenc Toldy, Hungarian literary historian
tere • Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet
• Péter Pázmány, Hungarian theologist • István Türr, Hungarian freedom fighter
• Mór Perczel, general during Hungarian revolution of • Vak Bottyán, Hungarian Kuruc general
1848 • Gereben Vas, Hungarian poet and writer
• Sándor Petőfi, national poet of Hungary, freedom • Pál Vasvári, Hungarian freedom fighter during
fighter and national hero, see: Petőfi híd Hungarian revolution of 1848
• Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Public place names of Budapest
• Raul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian • Háromszék (Székely-Hungarian land)
• Albert Wass, Hungarian writer • Hársfa (Tilia)
• Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian statesman • Határ (City limit, City boundary, see: Határ út)
• József Zakariás, footballer of the Golden Team • Hold (Moon)
• György Zala, Hungarian architect • Honvéd (Honvéd is a soldier from the Hungarian
• Mihály Zichy, Hungarian painter National Army)
• Miklós Zrínyi, Hungarian poet and general • Hősök (Heroes’, see: Hősök tere)
• This list is not complete, it consists only the most • Hungária (Latin name of Hungary)
notable people and the most common public place • Ibolya (Viola)
names. • Igló (former Hungarian city)
• This list is in Hungarian alphabetical order! • Ipolyság (former Hungarian city)
• Iskola (School)
Others •
•
Jegenye (Black Poplar)
Kálvária (Calvary)
• Akácfa (Wattle tree) • Kápolna (Chapel)
• Akácos (Wattle wood) • Kassai (former Hungarian city)
• Alkotmány (Constitution) • Kereszt (Christian cross)
• Állomás (Train station) • Késmárki (former Hungarian city)
• Anna (given name for girls) • Királyhágó (Pass in Apuseni Mountains)
• Apahida (former Hungarian village) • Kolozsvári (former Hungarian city)
• Aradi (former Hungarian city) • Komáromi (Hungarian city)
• Bácskai (Hungarian land) • Kőrös (Hungarian river)
• Balatoni (Hungarian lake) • Köztársaság (Republic)
• Bánya (Mine) • Kuruc (Hungarian anti-Habsburg movement)
• Bártfa (former Hungarian city) • Léva (former Hungarian city)
• Bécsi (Wiener) • Liget (Grove)
• Béke (Peace) • Liliom (Lilium)
• Beregszász (former Hungarian city) • Losonc (former Hungarian city)
• Botond (Hungarian given name for boys) • Lőcse (former Hungarian city)
• Brassó (former Hungarian city) • Magyar (Hungarian)
• Cica (Kitten) • Május 1. (May Day)
• Csallóköz (ethnic Hungarian land) • Máramarosi (former Hungarian land)
• Csap (former Hungarian city) • Maros (Hungarian river)
• Csíksomlyó (former Hungarian village) • Mátra (Hungarian mountains)
• Csillag (Star) • Meggyfa (Sour cherry tree)
• Csongor (Hungarian given name for boys) • Nádor (Hungarian dignitary)
• Diófa (Nut tree) • Nagybánya (former Hungarian city)
• Duna (Danube) • Nagybecskerek (former Hungarian city)
• Eperjes (former Hungarian city) • Nagyenyed (former Hungarian city)
• Erdélyi (former Hungarian land) • Nagykikinda (former Hungarian city)
• Erőmű (Power plant) • Nagyszalonta (former Hungarian city)
• Érsekújvár (former Hungarian city) • Nagyszeben (former Hungarian city)
• Fátra (former Hungarian mountains) • Nagyszombat (former Hungarian city)
• Fecske (Swallow) • Nagyszőlős (former Hungarian city)
• Felsőbánya (former Hungarian city) • Nagyvárad (former Hungarian city, see: Nagyvárad
• Fenyves (Pine-grove) tér)
• Fiume (former Hungarian city) • Nap (Sun)
• Fogaras (former Hungarian city) • Nefelejcs (Forget me not)
• Fő (Main, for ex.: Main street, Main square) • Nyár (Summer)
• Füredi (Hungarian city) • Nyitra (former Hungarian city)
• Garam (former Hungarian river) • Nyúl (Rabbit)
• Garázs (Garage) • Ógyalla (former Hungarian city)
• Gyár (Factory) • Pacsirta (Skylark)
• Gyöngyvirág (Lily of the Valley) • Pálma (Palm tree)
• Gyulafehérvár (former Hungarian city) • Pannónia (Pannonia province)
• Hargita (Székely-Hungarian mountains and county) • Pázsit (Grass)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Public place names of Budapest
• Pillangó (Butterfly), see: Pillangó utca • This list is not complete, it consist only the most
• Poprád (former Hungarian city) common public place names.
• Pozsonyi (former Hungarian city) • In Budapest the name of former Hungarian cities
• Rákos (Brook in Budapest) (see: Treaty of Trianon) are very common for streets
• Rezeda (Reseda (plant)) and squares. For example there are 8 Kolozsvár
• Rigó (Oriole) streets and 9 Kassa streets.
• Rimaszombat (former Hungarian city)
•
•
Római (Roman)
Rózsa (Rose)
Most common public place
• Rozsnyó (former Hungarian city) names
• Sáfrány (Saffron)
• 17x : Lajos Kossuth, István Széchenyi
• Sajó (Hungarian river)
• 16x : Sándor Petőfi
• Sas (Eagle)
• 14x : János Hunyadi, Mátyás király, Ferenc Rákóczi
• Segesvár (former Hungarian city)
• 13x : János Arany, József Bem, Mór Jókai, Szabadság,
• Sólyom (Falcon)
Szent István, Mihály Vörösmarty
• Sport
• 12x : Árpád, Gábor Baross
• Stefánia (Stephanie, given name for girls)
• 11x : Endre Ady, Attila, Brassói, Ferenc Deák, József
• Szabadka (former Hungarian city)
Eötvös, Erzsébet, Attila József
• Szabadság (Liberty)
• 10x : Álmos, Lajos Batthyány, István Bocskai, Kassa,
• Szamos (Hungarian river)
György Klapka, Nap, Pozsony etc.
• Szatmár (Hungarian land)
• Szegfű (Clove Pink)
• Szigetvári (Hungarian city) Former public place names
• Szőlő (Vitis)
• Moszkva tér (Moscow Square), 1951-2011, now Széll
• Tátra (former Hungarian mountains)
Kálmán tér
• Tavasz (Spring)
• Lenin körút (Lenin Boulevard), 1970-1990, now
• Temesvári (former Hungarian city)
Erzsébet and Teréz körút
• Temető (Graveyard)
• Sztálin út (Stalin Avenue), 1950-1956, now Andrássy
• Templom (Church)
Avenue
• Tihany (Hungarian village)
• Népköztársaság útja (Avenue of the People’s
• Tisza (Hungarian river)
Republic), 1957-1990, now Andrássy Avenue
• Tordai (former Hungarian city)
• Majakovszkij utca (Mayakovsky street), 1950-1990,
• Torockó (ethnic Hungarian village in Transylvania)
now Király utca
• Török (Turkish)
• Tolbuhin körút (Tolbukhin Boulevard), 1945-1990,
• Trencsén (former Hungarian city)
now Vámház körút
• Tulipán (Tulip)
• Dimitrov tér (Dimitrov Square), 1949-1991, now
• Turul (Mythological national bird of the Hungarians
Fővám tér
and Hungary)
• Hitler tér (Hitler Square), 1938-1945, now Kodály
• Tüzér (Artilleryman)
körönd
• Udvarhely (former Hungarian county)
• Roosevelt tér (Roosevelt Square), 1945-2011, now
• Ugocsa (former Hungarian county)
Széchenyi István tér
• Újvidék (former Hungarian city)
• Mussolini tér (Mussolini Square), 1936-1945, now
• Ungvár (former Hungarian city)
Oktogon
• Uzsoki (former Hungarian mountains)
• November 7. tér (7 November Square), 1950-1990,
• Vág (former Hungarian river)
now Oktogon
• Vágóhíd (Slaughterhouse)
• Marx tér (Marx Square), 1950-1990, now Nyugati tér
• Városház (City hall)
• Felszabadulás tér ("Liberation" Square), 1953-1990,
• Vasút (Railway)
now Ferenciek tere
• Vereckei (Pass in the Carpathians)
• Vezér (Ruler)
• Viola (Viol) See also
• Virág (Flower) • Budapest
• Zilah (former Hungarian city) • Greater Budapest
• Zombori (former Hungarian city) • Budapest metropolitan area
• Zólyomi (former Hungarian city) • Demographics of Budapest
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Public place names of Budapest
• History of Budapest • Budapesti útmutató, street names, 1969
• Budapest City Atlas, 1974
Source
• Budapest City Atlas, Dimap, Budapest, 2006, ISBN
963-9549-15-0-CM
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