Belgrade
Meanings
name
- The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
- The Serbian or Yugoslav government.
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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.
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