Editing Bucharest (section)

== Etymology ==
The Romanian name {{lang|ro|București}} has an unverified origin. Tradition connects the founding of Bucharest with the name of ''[[Bucur (legendary shepherd)|Bucur]]'', who was a prince, an outlaw, a fisherman, a shepherd or a hunter, according to different legends. In [[Romanian language|Romanian]], the word stem {{lang|ro|bucurie}} means 'joy' ('happiness'),<ref>Rosetti, II. p.110</ref> hence the city Bucharest means 'city of joy'.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cutler|first=Nellie|date=2011|chapter=Southeastern Europe|title=Time for Kids World Atlas|edition=Rev. and updated|publisher=[[Time for Kids]] Books|location=New York, NY|page=68|isbn=978-1-60320-884-0}}</ref>

Other etymologies are given by early scholars, including the one of an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] traveller, [[Evliya Çelebi]], who claimed that Bucharest was named after a certain "Abu-Kariș", from the tribe of "[[Banu Quraysh|Bani-Kureiș]]". In 1781, [[Austrians|Austrian]] historian Franz Sulzer claimed that it was related to ''bucurie'' (joy), ''bucuros'' (joyful), or ''a se bucura'' (to be joyful), while an early 19th-century book published in [[Vienna]] assumed its name to be derived from "Bukovie", a [[beech]] forest.<ref name=Georgescu77>Georgescu et al., p.76-77</ref> In [[English language|English]], the city's name was formerly rendered as ''Bukarest''. <!-- repeat The full official city name is "The Municipality of Bucharest" ({{langx|ro|Municipiul București}}). -->A native or resident of Bucharest is called a "Bucharester" (Romanian: {{lang|ro|bucureștean}}).