Belgrade en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/
- bəlgräd' (dated)
- /bəlˈɡɹɑːd/ (dated)
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
To me a day in Belgrade is incomplete without a walk through the dark shade of Kelmegdan park's big chestnuts to the ramparts of the mighty fortress overlooking the strategic confluence of the Sava and the Danube.
1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 110:
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(metonymically) The Serbian or Yugoslav government.
Prosecution witness Osman Selak claimed that the Bosnian Serb army was under the de facto control of Belgrade, as the Prosecution alleged, but under cross-examination could not produce a single example of an order issued by the Yugoslav army to the Bosnian Serb army.
2007, John Laughland, chapter 8, in Travesty: The Trial of Slobodan Milošević and the Corruption of International Justice, London: Pluto Press, →ISBN, page 170:
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Gallatin County, Montana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Nance County, Nebraska.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Newton County, Texas.
- A town in Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Deriveds
Dobrava-Belgrade virus · Belgradian · Belgrade Lakes · Belgrader
Synonyms
Translations (113)
ba Беүгәрт (capital of Serbia) · de Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · uk Бєлґра́д (capital of Serbia) · ast Belgráu (capital of Serbia) · it Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · ur بلغراد (capital of Serbia) · is Belgrað (capital of Serbia) · sq Beligrat (capital of Serbia) · da Beograd (capital of Serbia) · gl Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · bo བེལ་གེ་རེ་ཌི (capital of Serbia) · rue Белеград (capital of Serbia) · yi בעלגראַד (capital of Serbia) · hi बैलग्रेड (capital of Serbia) · fa بلگراد (capital of Serbia) · sk Belehrad (capital of Serbia) · is Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · uz Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · tt Бәлиграт (capital of Serbia) · ko 베오그라드 (capital of Serbia) · nb Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · pl Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · rsk Беоґрад (capital of Serbia) · da Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · la Belgradum (capital of Serbia) · el Βελιγράδι (capital of Serbia) · uk Білґра́д (capital of Serbia) · az Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · hy Բելգրադ (capital of Serbia) · nb Beograd (capital of Serbia) · az Belqrad (capital of Serbia) · uk Бєлгра́д (capital of Serbia) · kk Белград (capital of Serbia) · hi बॅलग्रेड (capital of Serbia) · bn বেল্গ্রেড (capital of Serbia) · uk Белґра́д (capital of Serbia) · et Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · hu Landorfehérvár (capital of Serbia) · rue Белеґрад (capital of Serbia) · lv Belgrada (capital of Serbia) · la Singidunum (capital of Serbia) · sh Bȅograd (capital of Serbia) · pt Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · mr बेलग्रेड (capital of Serbia) · sl Béograd (capital of Serbia) · wa Belgråde (capital of Serbia) · ky Белград (capital of Serbia) · ta பெல்கிரேடு (capital of Serbia) · tr Belgrat (capital of Serbia) · yue 貝爾格萊德 /贝尔格莱德 (capital of Serbia) · mt Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · eo Beogrado (capital of Serbia) · he בֶּלְגְּרָד (capital of Serbia) · tk Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · rue Белград (capital of Serbia) · lo ເບນກາດ (capital of Serbia) · uk Белгра́д (capital of Serbia) · nl Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · tr Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · cs Bělehrad (capital of Serbia) · pa ਬੀਲਗਰਾਡ (capital of Serbia) · ar بِلْغْرَاد (capital of Serbia) · de Weißenburg (capital of Serbia) · km បែលក្រាដ (capital of Serbia) · hu Nándorfehérvár (capital of Serbia) · id Beograd (capital of Serbia) · hi बेलग्रेड (capital of Serbia) · uk Білгра́д (capital of Serbia) · ro Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · am ቤልግሬድ (capital of Serbia) · hu Belgrád (capital of Serbia) · ur بلگراد (capital of Serbia) · ug بېلگراد (capital of Serbia) · ja ベオグラード (capital of Serbia) · la Belogradum (capital of Serbia) · sv Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · th เบลเกรด (capital of Serbia) · fr Belgrade (capital of Serbia) · bg Бе́лград (capital of Serbia) · hi बॅलग्राद (capital of Serbia) · my ဘဲလ်ဂရိတ်မြို့ (capital of Serbia) · es Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · la Alba Bulgarica (capital of Serbia) · ka ბელგრადი (capital of Serbia) · ga Béalgrád (capital of Serbia) · sq Beogradi (capital of Serbia) · rup Biligrad (capital of Serbia) · pl Białygród (capital of Serbia) · ba Билгәрт (capital of Serbia) · be Бялгра́д (capital of Serbia) · tl Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · mk Белград (capital of Serbia) · la Alba Graeca (capital of Serbia) · sh Бе̏оград (capital of Serbia) · mn Белград (capital of Serbia) · fi Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · ota بلغراد (capital of Serbia) · ru Белгра́д (capital of Serbia) · ar بِلْجْرَاد (capital of Serbia) · az Белград (capital of Serbia) · hsb Běłohród (capital of Serbia) · acw بلْقْراد (capital of Serbia) · fo Beograd (capital of Serbia) · ps بېلګراد (capital of Serbia) · ca Belgrad (capital of Serbia) · cmn 貝爾格萊德 /贝尔格莱德 (capital of Serbia) · tg Белград (capital of Serbia) · dsb Běłogrod (capital of Serbia) · af Belgrado (capital of Serbia) · sq Beograd (capital of Serbia) · vi Bê-ô-grát (capital of Serbia) · lt Belgradas (capital of Serbia) · kmr Belgrad (capital of Serbia)