Belgrade
/ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/
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Belgrade proper noun: the capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
Proper noun
Belgrade
- 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
- Synonyms:
- Beograd
- 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 town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- A township in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
- A city in Gallatin County, Montana.
- A village in Nance County, Nebraska.
- A ghost town in Newton County, Texas.
- A town in Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Belgrade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Belgrade in Hindi
- capital of Serbia
- बेलग्रेड belagreḍ, बैलग्रेड bailagreḍ, बॅलग्रेड bĕlagreḍ, बॅलग्राद bĕlagrād
Belgrade in Tamil
- capital of Serbia
- பெல்கிரேடு pelkirēṭu
Belgrade in Marathi
- capital of Serbia
- बेलग्रेड belagreḍ
Belgrade in Urdu
- capital of Serbia
- بلغراد belġrād, بلگراد belgrād
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- Belgrade in Bengali
- বেল্গ্রেড belgreḍ
- Belgrade in Punjabi
- ਬੀਲਗਰਾਡ bīlgarāḍ
- Belgrade in Pashto
- بېلګراد belgrād
- Belgrade in Tagalog
- Belgrado
- Belgrade in Arabic
- بِلْغْرَاد bilḡrād, بِلْجْرَاد bilgrād
- Belgrade in Indonesian
- Beograd
- Belgrade in Persian
- بلگراد belgerâd
- Belgrade in Thai
- เบลเกรด bel-grèet
- Belgrade in Vietnamese
- Bê-ô-grát
- Belgrade in Myanmar
- ဘဲလ်ဂရိတ်မြို့ bhailga.ritmrui.
Synonyms of Belgrade
Origin of Belgrade
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.
Words formed from Belgrade
Words that rhyme with Belgrade
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- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about Belgrade
- What does Belgrade mean?
- Belgrade means the capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
- What is Belgrade in Hindi?
- Belgrade in Hindi is बेलग्रेड (belagreḍ), बैलग्रेड (bailagreḍ), बॅलग्रेड (bĕlagreḍ). See Belgrade meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Belgrade?
- Belgrade is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Belgrade?
- Belgrade is pronounced /ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/.
Words near Belgrade in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Belgrade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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