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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

  1. 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
  2. (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
  3. A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
  4. A township in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
  5. A minor city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
  7. A city in Gallatin County, Montana.
  8. A village in Nance County, Nebraska.
  9. A ghost town in Newton County, Texas.
  10. 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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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

  1. Belgo-British
  2. Belgophile
  3. Belgophiles
  4. Belgorod
  5. Belgorod-Dnestrovski
  6. Belgrade
  7. Belgrade Lakes
  8. Belgrader
  9. Belgraders
  10. Belgradian
  11. Belgradians

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