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Belgrade.

The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd//bəlˈɡɹɑːd/dated
  1. The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.

  2. The Serbian or Yugoslav government.

    metonymically
  3. A number of places in the United States: A town in Kennebec County, Maine.

  4. A number of places in the United States: A township in Nicollet County, Minnesota.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Stearns County, Minnesota.

  6. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A city in Gallatin County, Montana.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A village in Nance County, Nebraska.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Newton County, Texas.

  10. A town in Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Where this word comes from

From French Belgrade, from Medieval Latin Belgradum and Belogradum, ultimately from South Slavic forms of Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) and *gȏrdъ (“fortress, city”), after the white walls of its medieval fortress. Doublet of Beograd, Berat, and Belgorod.

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