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Belgrade
[ bel-greyd, -grahd, -grad, bel-greyd, -grahd, -grad ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Serbia, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
Belgrade
/ bɛlˈɡreɪd; ˈbɛlɡreɪd /
noun
- the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002) Serbian nameBeograd
Belgrade
- Capital of the former Yugoslavia and of the Yugoslavian republic of Serbia, located on the Danube River ; a commercial, industrial, political, and cultural center. The city was bombed during the Kosovo War .
Example Sentences
Irish author Roddy Doyle's book Two Pints, about two middle-aged men reflecting on life over a drink in a Dublin pub, gets its UK stage premiere at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre, 2-24 May.
Tens of thousands of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's supporters have held a rally in Belgrade following months of unrest across the country.
The station was part of the government's flagship infrastructure project - the high-speed railway linking the capital, Belgrade, to Budapest in Hungary.
Last Friday, many Serbians stayed off work in response to a call for a general strike, while in December an estimated 100,000 people attended a demonstration in Belgrade.
At the high court in Belgrade on Monday, Vladimir was found guilty of endangering public safety by teaching his son to shoot and failing to secure his gun.
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