Belgrade

1. The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
2. (metonymically) The Serbian or Yugoslav government.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/

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.

Synonyms

Beograd

capital of Serbia and Montenegro

Translations

Belgrade

Belgrado

Belgrado

Belgrad

Belgrad

Belgrado

Βελιγράδι

Belgrad

Belgrad

Belgrado

بلغراد

Bellogradum

Singidunum

Alba Graeca

Belgradum